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CVE-2013-4478
Sup before 0.13.2.1 and 0.14.x before 0.14.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Sup before 0.13.2.1 and 0.14.x before 0.14.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename of an email attachment.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% 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: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemssupGHSA-5f2p-6vjv-2q2m (opens in a new tab)
References
References7
- [sup-talk] 20130818 Fwd: Security issue with suggested configuration of sup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 55294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55400 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [sup-talk] 20131029 Security advisory, releases 0.13.2.1 and 0.14.1.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/commit/8b46cdbfc14e07ca07d403aa28b0e7bc1c544785 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131029 Re: CVE Request: sup MUA Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2022-2570 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5f2p-6vjv-2q2m (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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