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CVE-2000-0270

LOW CVSS: 3.6 Published: 2000-04-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected Platforms

Gnu Emacs

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References