emacspeak: Insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)
Published Sep 24, 2008
6.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
Description
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
- 26.0
- 28.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
emacspeak
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
emacspeak
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | emacspeak | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | emacspeak | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
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:L/Au:N/C:N/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 1, 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 1, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00407) | 32.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00407) | 32.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00026) | 4.40th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31880 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32071 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4191 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4191
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4191
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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