CVE-2013-7050
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
The get_main_source_dir function in scripts/uscan.pl in devscripts before 2.13.8, when using USCAN_EXCLUSION, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a directory name.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6849)
- Published
- December 13, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6849 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
- devscripts devel team / devscripts
References
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=91f05b5
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731849
- http://osvdb.org/100855
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/470(Patch)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/486
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64241
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040266(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89666
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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