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.
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Description | A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Improper handling of custom "man" URI schemes allows attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect. | 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. |
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Description | No description is available for this CVE. | A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Improper handling of custom "man" URI schemes allows attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect. |
Title | emacs: Shell Injection Vulnerability in GNU Emacs via Custom "man" URI Scheme | Emacs: shell injection vulnerability in gnu emacs via custom "man" uri scheme |
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CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Description | No description is available for this CVE. | |
Title | emacs: Shell Injection Vulnerability in GNU Emacs via Custom "man" URI Scheme | |
Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-02-20T09:24:03.893Z
Reserved: 2025-02-12T07:32:23.452Z
Link: CVE-2025-1244

Updated: 2025-02-12T15:18:47.211Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-02-12T15:15:18.430
Modified: 2025-02-19T19:15:15.437
Link: CVE-2025-1244
