What is GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5?

GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. md2pdf allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5 cover?

GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2013-1948. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5?

GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5 affects 1 product, including: rubygems/md2pdf:\u003c= 0.0.1.

GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5Critical

md2pdf allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 24, 2017

Last Modified

November 10, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2013-1948 →

📋 Description

converter.rb in the md2pdf gem 0.0.1 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

🎯 Affected products1

rubygems/md2pdf:<= 0.0.1

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1948
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83416
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/md2pdf/CVE-2013-1948.yml
https://web.archive.org/web/20130503194109/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59061
http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/md2pdf-remote-exec.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99ch-8mvp-g7m5