FKIE_CVE-2008-1694
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-22 04:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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