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CVE-2016-4991
Date: July 28, 2022
Input passed to the Pdf() function is shell escaped and passed to child_process.exec() during PDF rendering. However, the shell escape does not properly encode all special characters, namely, semicolon and curly braces. This can be abused to achieve command execution. This problem affects nodepdf 1.3.0.
Language: JS
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Severity Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Command Injection
CWE-77CVSS v3.1
| Base Score: |
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| Attack Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
| Privileges Required (PR): | NONE |
| User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | HIGH |
| Integrity (I): | HIGH |
| Availability (A): | HIGH |