Karteek Docsplit vulnerable to OS Command Injection

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2013-1933 · GHSA-4fvg-pwv7-v54g · Published 25/04/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-1933 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting karteek-docsplit, karteek-docsplit (documentcloud).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
karteek-docsplit RubyGems	`≤ 0.5.4`	No fix yet
karteek-docsplit documentcloud	`= 0.5.4`	No fix yet

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.

NVD 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.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1933 · ADVISORY
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83277 · WEB
rubysec/ruby-advisory-db · WEB
vapid.dhs.org/advisories/karteek-docsplit-cmd-inject.html · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/08/15 · WEB
osvdb.org/92117

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