CVE-2015-5673

medium
Published 2015-11-04 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

eventapp/lib/gcloud.rb in the ISUCON5 qualifier portal (aka eventapp) web application before 2015-10-30 makes improper popen calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request that includes shell metacharacters in an argument to a "gcloud compute" command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
isuconisucon_5_qualifier_eventapp-

References

CWEs

CWE-78

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.