CVE-2016-4991

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.
Command Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 79%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
nodepdf_projectnodepdf
1.3.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://lf.lc/cve/cve-2016-4991/
https://lf.lc/cve/cve-2016-4991/