CVE-2001-1301 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 1.2 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xemacs:xemacs:21.1.10:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1282	rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00295.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0093.html
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/lib-src/rcs2log?only_with_tag=EMACS_PRETEST_21_0_95
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11210.php

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Emacs

Xemacs Xemacs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:08.416Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1301

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:55:59.923

Link: CVE-2001-1301

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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