CVE-2003-1232 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.01% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | emacs |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Emacs 2.1 - Local Variable Arbitrary Command Execution | 2002-12-31 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286183
- 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
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/005089.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17496
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15375
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286183
- 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
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/005089.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17496
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15375
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