Name: CVE-2008-7319: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-7319, CWE-77, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.07789

The Net::Ping::External extension through 0.15 for Perl does not properly sanitize arguments (e.g., invalid hostnames) containing shell metacharacters before use of backticks in External.pm, allowing for shell command injection and arbitrary command execution if untrusted input is used.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Nov 7, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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