CVE-2023-28617 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting GNU Emacs Org Mode through version 9.6.1. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting malicious file or directory names containing shell metacharacters, which are then processed by the org-babel-execute:latex function. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:org_mode:*:*:*:*:*:gnu_emacs:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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emacs: command injection vulnerability in org-mode
Mar 19, 2023org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters.
Mar 14, 2023