CVE-2022-36231

critical

Description

pdf_info 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Command Execution because the Ruby code uses backticks instead of Open3.

References

https://rubygems.org/gems/pdf_info

https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/pull/15

https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/issues/16

https://github.com/affix/CVE-2022-36231

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-23

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03014