CVE-2008-7319
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.
Published:Nov 7, 2017
Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
EPS:Nov 7, 2017
EPSS Score:0.04134
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Net-ping-external Project
Product
Net-ping-external
Net-ping-external Project
Net-ping-external
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
