CVE-2007-5377
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The (1) tramp-make-temp-file and (2) tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions in Tramp 2.1.10 extension for Emacs, and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (24th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5355)
- Published
- October 12, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5355 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / tramp
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194713
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00132.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00158.html
- http://osvdb.org/41752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27244
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27343
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-22.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26072
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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