CVE-2000-0269 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Emacs 20 does not properly set permissions for a slave PTY device when starting a new subprocess, which allows local users to read or modify communications between Emacs and the subprocess.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00069.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Emacs

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.6:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0268	Emacs 20 does not properly set permissions for a slave PTY device when starting a new subprocess, which allows local users to read or modify communications between Emacs and the subprocess.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0269

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0269

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0269

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-04-26T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:20.587Z

Reserved: 2000-04-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0269

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-04-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-0269

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-04-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0269 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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