CVE-2003-1232

published 2003-12-31

CVE-2003-1232: 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…

Priority P4 22 medium 5.1 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC H Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
gnu	emacs	—	—

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