FKIE_CVE-2008-4191
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-24 11:42 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| emacspeak_inc | emacspeak | 26.0 | |
| emacspeak_inc | emacspeak | 28.0 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:57:20.823",
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