CVE-2008-2142

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Emacs versión 21 y XEmacs cargan y ejecutan automáticamente archivos .flc (fast lock) que están asociados con otros archivos que son editados en Emacs, lo que permite a los atacantes asistidos por el usuario ejecutar código arbitrario.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-05-12 CVE Reserved
2008-05-12 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (24)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/30199	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30216	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30303	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30827	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34004	Third Party Advisory
http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378	X_refsource_misc
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references	Vdb Entry
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html	2018-10-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html	2018-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Emacs Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs"				21.3.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs" and version "21.3.1"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Xemacs Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Xemacs"				*		-		Affected