What is CVE-2013-1933?

CVE-2013-1933 is a vulnerability in Documentcloud Karteek-Docsplit, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2013-04-25.

Is CVE-2013-1933 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Documentcloud Karteek-Docsplit

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2013-04-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Documentcloud Karteek-Docsplit — versions 0.5.4
Ruby-Lang Ruby

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

osvdb.org/92117 (vdb-entry)
vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277 (vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1933?: CVE-2013-1933 is a vulnerability in Documentcloud Karteek-Docsplit, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2013-04-25.
Is CVE-2013-1933 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.