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)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Documentcloud Karteek-docsplit — versions 0.5.4
Ruby-lang Ruby
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

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.