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

Track*

*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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-09 CVE Reserved
2023-03-09 CVE Published
2025-03-05 CVE Updated
2025-04-15 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