CVE-2023-27985

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is fixed in 29.0.90

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.8

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-09 CVE Reserved
2023-03-09 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-19 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=d32091199ae5de590a83f1542a01d75fba000467	2023-06-09
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1	2023-06-09
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60204	2023-06-09
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2	2023-06-09

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Emacs Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs"				>= 28.1 <= 28.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs" and version " >= 28.1 <= 28.2"		-		Affected