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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-1694

CVE-2008-1694

Description

vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

6
  • GNU/Emacs5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sccs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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