CVE-2000-0270 Information

Description

The make-temp-name Lisp function in Emacs 20 creates temporary files with predictable names which allows attackers to conduct a symlink attack.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1126 http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf@mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de