Vulnerability 5835 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CCN-5835

Published:

2000-12-31

Updated:

2000-12-31

Summary:

Emacs could allow a local attacker to gain access to sensitive information. Emacs fails to properly set permissions for slave PTY devices. This allows a local attacker on a multi-user system to monitor and forge responses to other user sessions to gain access to sensitive information.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: CCN
Type: BID-2164
Emacs Inadequate PTY Permissions Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:088
emacs

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
emacs-gain-access(5835)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:gnu:emacs:20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:gnu:emacs:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:gnu:emacs:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:gnu:emacs:20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:gnu:emacs:20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:gnu:emacs:20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:gnu:emacs:20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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