Mandriva Linux Security Advisory – A vulnerability was found in how Emacs would import python scripts from the current working directory during the editing of a python file. This could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code via a trojan python file.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/71269/MDVSA-2008-216.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/71269/Mandriva-Linux-Security-Advisory-2008-216.html