CVE-2000-0270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The make-temp-name Lisp function in Emacs 20 creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows attackers to conduct a symlink attack.

Published: 2000-04-26

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.6:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0269	The make-temp-name Lisp function in Emacs 20 creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows attackers to conduct a symlink attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.001.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1126
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Emacs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-04-26T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:20.384Z

Reserved: 2000-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0270

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-04-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0270

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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