CVE-2003-1232

Published: Sep 26, 2005

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.bug/browse_frm/thread/9424ec1b2fdae321/c691a2da8904db0f?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dguninski%2Bemacs%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Dmailman.763.1041357806.19936.bug-gnu-emacs%2540gnu.org%26rnum%3D1#c691a2da8904db0f

x_refsource_MISC

15375

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

MDKSA-2005:208

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

17496

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286183

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/005089.html

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CVE-2003-1232

Description

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