Emacs URL Redirect Injection: Remote Shell
CVE-2025-1244 Published on February 12, 2025
Emacs: shell injection vulnerability in gnu emacs via custom "man" uri scheme
A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-1244 is exploitable with network 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.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public.
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-2025-1244 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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