{"id":"CVE-2013-1933","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-1933","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:09.726Z","title":"The extract_from_ocr function in lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb in the Karteek Docsplit (karteek-docsplit) gem 0.5.4 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a PDF filename.","description":"The extract_from_ocr function in lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb in the Karteek Docsplit (karteek-docsplit) gem 0.5.4 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a PDF filename.","published":"2013-04-25T23:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:52:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["documentcloud/karteek-docsplit"],"epss":{"score":0.01793,"percentile":0.7825,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/92117","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/92117","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1933","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}