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CVE-2013-1933

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

• Documentcloud Karteek-Docsplit: 0.5.4

References

• http://osvdb.org/92117
• http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277
• http://osvdb.org/92117
• http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277

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