xemacs: Race condition by moving message from user's inbox into user's Rmail file, when movemail setgid enabled
Published Apr 5, 2010
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issues does not affect the versions of emacs or xemacs as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The movemail utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not have the setgid bit set, which is required for this flaw to be exploitable.
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:P/I:P/A:P
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 | 0.32% (0.00324) | 23.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00327) | 24.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 17.42th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39155 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:083 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0734 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0825 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531569 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578267 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57457 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0825
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0825
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39155 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:083 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0734 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0825 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531569 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578267 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57457 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0825 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0825 |
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