CVE-2007-5377: GNU Tramp

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) tramp-make-temp-file and (2) tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions in Tramp 2.1.10 extension for Emacs, and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• GNU Tramp: version 2.1.10 only

Published 2007-10-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.