CVE-2014-2888: sfpagent Command Injection vulnerability

October 24, 2017 (updated April 13, 2025)

lib/sfpagent/bsig.rb in the sfpagent gem before 0.4.15 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the module name in a JSON request.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-vm28-mrm7-fpjq
github.com/herry13/sfpagent
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/sfpagent/CVE-2014-2888.yml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2888
web.archive.org/web/20201029141944/http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/spfagent-remotecmd.html

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