Vulnerabilities > GNU > Emacs > Low

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2017-10-31 CVE-2017-1000383 Information Exposure vulnerability in GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary.
local
low complexity
gnu CWE-200
2.1
2014-05-08 CVE-2014-3421 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.
3.3
2014-05-08 CVE-2014-3422 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.
3.3
2014-05-08 CVE-2014-3423 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.
3.3
2014-05-08 CVE-2014-3424 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
lisp/net/tramp-sh.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/tramp.##### temporary file.
3.3
2001-08-07 CVE-2001-1301 Local Security vulnerability in Xemacs
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.
local
high complexity
gnu xemacs
1.2