FKIE_CVE-2022-36231

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-02-23 22:15 - Updated: 2025-03-13 20:15
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
pdf_info 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Command Execution because the Ruby code uses backticks instead of Open3.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/affix/CVE-2022-36231Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/issues/16Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/pull/15Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://rubygems.org/gems/pdf_infoProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/affix/CVE-2022-36231Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/issues/16Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/pull/15Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rubygems.org/gems/pdf_infoProduct
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
newspaperclub pdf_info 0.5.3
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