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GHSA-9FH3-J99M-F4V7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-24 00:30 – Updated: 2025-03-13 21:40

Summary

Code injection in pdf_info

Details

pdf_info 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Command Execution. An attacker using a specially crafted payload may execute OS commands by using command chaining because during object initalization there is no validation performed and the user provided path is used.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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      "package": {
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        "name": "pdf_info"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
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            }
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-02-24T00:33:27Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-02-23T22:15:00Z",
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  },
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    },
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}

GSD-2022-36231

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-02-24 00:00

Details

Aliases

CVE-2022-36231

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CVE-2022-36231 (GCVE-0-2022-36231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-13 19:40

Summary

pdf_info 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Command Execution because the Ruby code uses backticks instead of Open3.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://rubygems.org/gems/pdf_info
	https://github.com/affix/CVE-2022-36231
	https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/pull/15
	https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/issues/16

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-9FH3-J99M-F4V7

GSD-2022-36231

CVE-2022-36231 (GCVE-0-2022-36231)

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