PT-2013-3456 · Ruby · Thumbshooter

Larry Cashdollar · Published 2013-04-09 · Updated 2017-10-24 · CVE-2013-1898

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Thumbshooter gem version 0.1.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL, specifically in the lib/thumbshooter.rb file of the Thumbshooter gem for Ruby.

Recommendations For version 0.1.5, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using shell metacharacters in a URL can lead to arbitrary command execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1898

GHSA-7FQJ-CG79-F2PV

Affected Products

Thumbshooter

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/thumbshooter/CVE-2013-1898.yml · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1898 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7fqj-cg79-f2pv · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/digineo/thumbshooter · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/218 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/3 · Note
• http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/thumbshooter-ruby-gem-remoteexec.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/91839 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/13 · Note