Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting pdf_info package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.61% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-PDFINFO-3330768
  • published24 Feb 2023
  • disclosed24 Feb 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-36231  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

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.

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