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CVE-2007-5795

Severity Medium
Score 6.3/10

Summary

The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.

  • MEDIUM
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published