Emacs 28.1-28.2: Mailto Shell Injection via emacsclient-mail.desktop
CVE-2023-27985 Published on March 9, 2023
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-27985 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2023-27985 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-27985
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Exploit Probability
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