CVE-2010-0825
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0851)
- Published
- April 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0851 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / emacs
- gnu / emacs
- gnu / emacs
- gnu / emacs
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39155(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531569
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57457
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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