GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-31T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:00:41.080Z

Reserved: 2017-10-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-1000383

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-31T20:29:00.310

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:04:36.320

Link: CVE-2017-1000383

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000383 - Bugzilla