CVE-2007-5795
The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of…
- 6.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.72%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- GNU Emacs 22.1 - Local Variable Handling Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30736remote, linuxpublished 2 Nov 2007Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium6.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
19
- FEDORA-2007-3056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27984 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- emacs-hacklocalvariables-security-bypass(38263) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27728 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?r1=1.896.2.28&r2=1.896.2.29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- USN-541-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 26327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200712-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27508 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27627 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5765 (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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