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EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2025-1972)

🗓️ 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Emacs unsafe elisp macro expansion via elisp-completion-at-point allows code execution CVE2024-53920

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(249202);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-53920");

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2025-1972)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the versions of the emacs package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the
following vulnerabilities :

    In elisp-mode.el in GNU Emacs before 30.1, a user who chooses to invoke elisp-completion-at-point (for
    code completion) on untrusted Emacs Lisp source code can trigger unsafe Lisp macro expansion that allows
    attackers to execute arbitrary code. (This unsafe expansion also occurs if a user chooses to enable on-
    the-fly diagnosis that byte compiles untrusted Emacs Lisp source code.)(CVE-2024-53920)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2025-1972
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d41007a8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected emacs packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-53920");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/11/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/08/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:emacs-filesystem");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var _release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(_release) || _release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
var uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (_release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP13");

var sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(13)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP13");

if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP13", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu && "x86" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);

var flag = 0;

var pkgs = [
  "emacs-filesystem-27.2-11.h5.eulerosv2r13"
];

foreach (var pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"13", reference:pkg)) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "emacs");
}

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13 Aug 2025 00:00Current
8.1High risk
Vulners AI Score8.1
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00526
SSVC
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