CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (Word Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 05/10/2008. The weakness was presented 05/12/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2142 since 05/12/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32440 (SuSE 10 Security Update : Emacs (ZYPP Patch Number 5248)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42362) and Tenable (32440).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 32440
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : Emacs (ZYPP Patch Number 5248)
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OpenVAS ID: 860066
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2142 (🔍)
X-Force: 42362
SecurityTracker: 1020019
Vulnerability Center: 18492 - Emacs and XEmacs Vulnerability Allows User-Assisted Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, Medium
SecurityFocus: 29176 - GNU Emacs '.flc' File Processing Vulnerability
Secunia: 30199
OSVDB: 45088 - GNU - Emacs - '.flc' File Processing Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1539
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/10/2019 18:37
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (71), 08/10/2019 18:37 (13)
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