emacs tramp unsafe temporary file usage
Published Oct 12, 2007
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
Description
The (1) tramp-make-temp-file and (2) tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions in Tramp 2.1.10 extension for Emacs, and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 did not include the Tramp extension with Emacs. The version of Tramp included with Emacs in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was not vulnerable to this issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00307) | 21.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00307) | 22.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00028) | 4.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194713 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00132.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00158.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/41752 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27244 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27343 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-22.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26072 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5377 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332881 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5377
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5377
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194713 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00132.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00158.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://osvdb.org/41752 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27244 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27343 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-22.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26072 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5377 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332881 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5377 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5377 |
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