CVE-2008-4191
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4174)
- Published
- September 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4174 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- emacspeak inc / emacspeak
- emacspeak inc / emacspeak
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31880(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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