CVE-2013-7069
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
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
CWEs
CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.