Description
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.
Published: 2022-07-28
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5957 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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4991

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Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:53:22.700

Link: CVE-2016-4991

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