{
    "id": "CVE-2003-1232",
    "published": "2003-12-31 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:03:45",
    "cvss_score": "5.1",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.03014",
    "epss_percentile": "0.86977",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "emacs"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "26492",
            "title": "Emacs 2.1 - Local Variable Arbitrary Command Execution",
            "date": "2002-12-31",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26492"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}