PT-2013-3477 · Karteek · Karteek Docsplit

Larry W. Cashdollar + 1 · Published 2013-04-25 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2013-1933

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Karteek Docsplit (karteek-docsplit) gem version 0.5.4

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a PDF filename. This is due to a problem in the extract from ocr function in lib/docsplit/text extractor.rb.

Recommendations For Karteek Docsplit (karteek-docsplit) gem version 0.5.4, consider disabling the extract from ocr function until a patch is available to prevent the execution of arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in PDF filenames.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1933

GHSA-4FVG-PWV7-V54G

Affected Products

Karteek Docsplit

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/karteek-docsplit/CVE-2013-1933.yml · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1933 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4fvg-pwv7-v54g · Vendor Advisory
• http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/92117 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15 · Note