CVE-2008-2142
Emacs Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.
INFO
Published Date :
May 12, 2008, 7:20 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE-2008-2142.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-2142 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-2142 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30199 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30216 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30303 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30827 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml Added Reference http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903 Added Reference http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references Added Reference https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42362 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 12, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2142 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2142
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.38 }} 0.00%
score
0.72778
percentile