What is CVE-2013-6421?

CVE-2013-6421 is a vulnerability in Projectsprouts Sprout, classified under Code Injection. Published 2013-12-12.

Is CVE-2013-6421 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Projectsprouts Sprout

CVE-2013-6421

The unpack_zip function in archive_unpacker.rb in the sprout gem 0.7.246 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) filename or (2) path.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Projectsprouts Sprout — versions 0.7.246
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-6421?: CVE-2013-6421 is a vulnerability in Projectsprouts Sprout, classified under Code Injection. Published 2013-12-12.
Is CVE-2013-6421 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.