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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2015-7541

High
10/10

Summary

The initialize method in the Histogram class in "lib/colorscore/histogram.rb" in the colorscore gem before 0.0.5 for Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the image_path, colors, or depth variable.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published