Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-1232 - Local Variable Arbitrary Command Execution vulnerability in GNU Emacs 21.2.1

047910
CVSS 5.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
high complexity
gnu
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2003-12-31
Updated: 2011-03-08

Summary

Emacs 21.2.1 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnu
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionEmacs 2.1 Local Variable Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability. CVE-2003-1232. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:26492
last seen2016-02-03
modified2002-12-31
published2002-12-31
reporterGeorgi Guninski
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/26492/
titleEmacs 2.1 - Local Variable Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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