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FreeBSD : Emacs -- Arbitrary code execution vulnerability (e60e538f-e795-4a00-b475-cc85a7546e00)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216706

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the e60e538f-e795-4a00-b475-cc85a7546e00 advisory.

 A shell injection vulnerability exists in GNU Emacs due to improper handling of custom man URI schemes.
 Initially considered low severity, as it required user interaction with local files, it was later discovered that an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect, leading to arbitrary shell command execution without further user action.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1244

http://www.nessus.org/u?51fc9748

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216706

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e60e538fe7954a00b475cc85a7546e00.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/24/2025

Updated: 2/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-canna, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel-nox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-wayland

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1244