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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.6

CVE-2008-4191 json

extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv tempo…

published 2008-09-24 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4174

cvss
6.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • emacspeak Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 28.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4191

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-4191 updated

emacspeak: Insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 emacspeak Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 emacspeak
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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