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CVE-2013-1933

The extract_from_ocr function in lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb in the Karteek Docsplit (karteek-docsplit) gem 0.5.4 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a PDF filename.

Published

2013-04-25T23:55:01.570

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	documentcloud	karteek-docsplit	0.5.4	Yes
Application	ruby-lang	ruby	*	No

References

http://osvdb.org/92117 ([email protected])
http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/92117 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)