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CVE-2013-7069

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

ack 2.00 through 2.11_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) --pager, (2) --regex, or (3) --output option in a .ackrc file in a directory to be searched.

Affected products

• Beyondgrep Ack: 2.00, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05_01, 2.06, 2.08 (+4)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55982
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64196
• https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55982
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64196
• https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399

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