PT-2013-3483 · Ruby · Md2Pdf

Published 2013-04-25 · Updated 2017-10-24 · CVE-2013-1948

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions md2pdf gem version 0.0.1

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename. This is possible due to a flaw in the converter.rb file within the md2pdf gem for Ruby.

Recommendations For md2pdf gem version 0.0.1, consider restricting the use of the converter.rb file until a patch is available, and avoid using filenames that contain shell metacharacters to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1948

GHSA-99CH-8MVP-G7M5

Affected Products

Md2Pdf

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/md2pdf/CVE-2013-1948.yml · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1948 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/rwestgeest/md2pdf · Note
• http://osvdb.org/92290 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130503194109/http://securityfocus.com/bid/59061 · Note
• http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/md2pdf-remote-exec.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/59061 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83416 · Note