Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting pdf_info package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.43% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PDFINFO-3330768
  • published 24 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 24 Feb 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for pdf_info.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection such that 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.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

9.8 critical