Arbitrary Command Execution Affecting curl package, versions >= 0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-CURL-20083
  • published11 Mar 2013
  • disclosed11 Mar 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Mar 2013

CVE-2013-2617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

Curl a gem that providees simple methods to use shell curl. Affected versions of this gem are vulnerable to arbitrary command execution due to mishandling specially crafted inputs passed through the URL. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary commands by injecting them via a semi-colon ;.

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