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CVE-2008-7319

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.19%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2008-7319
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.19%

Original NVD Description

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.