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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-07-28T16:33:45

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.201Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4991

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-07-28T17:15:08.453

Modified: 2022-08-04T11:49:47.943

Link: CVE-2016-4991

cve-icon Redhat

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