CVE - CVE-2003-1232

CVE-ID
CVE-2003-1232	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Emacs 21.2.1 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable.
References
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BID:15375 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15375 CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286183 FULLDISC:20030519 emacs 21.3 fixes security bugs MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2005:208 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:208~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.bug/browse_frm/thread/9424ec1b2fdae321/c691a2da8904db0f?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dguninski%2Bemacs%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Dmailman.763.1041357806.19936.bug-gnu-emacs%2540gnu.org%26rnum%3D1#c691a2da8904db0f MISC:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/005089.html SECUNIA:17496 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17496
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20050926	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050926)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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