Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-12T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:58.576Z

Reserved: 2008-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2142

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-12T19:20:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:46:11.397

Link: CVE-2008-2142

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2142 - Bugzilla