RCE in Net-ping-external_project Net-ping-external
CVE-2008-7319
The Net::Ping::External extension through 0.15 for Perl does not properly sanitize arguments (e.g., invalid hostnames) containing shell metacharacters before use of backticks in External.pm, allowing for shell command injection and arbitra…
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.062 (92.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Net-ping-external_project Net-ping-external
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-7319?
- CVE-2008-7319 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Net-ping-external_project Net-ping-external, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-07.
- How severe is CVE-2008-7319?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.