VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-2324

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-08-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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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