CVE-2016-4991

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4991
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-07-28T17:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-08-04T11:49:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-77 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nodepdf_project:nodepdf:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lf.lc/cve/cve-2016-4991/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4991
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4991
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-07-28 18:00:16 Added to TrackCVE