CVE-2013-2516: Remote command execution

February 15, 2019 (updated February 19, 2019)

The package fileutils does not sanitize input on URLs passed to CutyCapt. If a URL contains shell characters, such as a ; followed by a command, a remote attacker can execute a command on the client’s system if they are enticed to click an encoded URL.

References

direct.osvdb.org/show/osvdb/90717
vapid.dhs.org/advisories/file_utils_ruby_gem.html

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