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CVE-2013-2516
Vulnerability in FileUtils v0.7, Ruby Gem Fileutils <= v0.7 Command Injection vulnerability in user supplied url variable that is passed…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Vulnerability in FileUtils v0.7, Ruby Gem Fileutils <= v0.7 Command Injection vulnerability in user supplied url variable that is passed to the shell.
Timeline
ID reserved
By larry_cashdollar
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – ≤ 0.7
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsfileutilsGHSA-9x97-x2p9-hvpf (opens in a new tab)
References
References2
- http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=36 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://rubygems.org/gems/fileutils (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3463 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9x97-x2p9-hvpf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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