The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2320 The Repair Permissions tool in Disk Utility in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 adds the setuid bit to the emacs executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing commands within emacs.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:58:02.091Z

Reserved: 2008-05-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2324

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-08-04T01:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2324

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