CVE-2010-0825

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks.

Affected products

GNU Emacs: 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39155
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:083
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0734
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531569
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57457
http://secunia.com/advisories/39155
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:083
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0734
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952

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