Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3949

RCE

Title: Suse Suse Linux RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3949.

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Sep 22, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3949: emacs/lisp/progmodes/python.el in Emacs 22.1 and 22.2 imports Python script from the current working directory during editing of a Python file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-09/msg00215.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:216 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31052 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424340 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45021 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-09/msg00215.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:216 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31052 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424340 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45021
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3949 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.