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CVE-2001-1301
rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify…
Low1.2EPSS 0.29%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20010807 rcs2log (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- rcs2log-tmp-symlink(11210) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/lib-src/rcs2log?only_with_tag=EMACS_PRETEST_21_0_95 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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