CVE-2016-4991 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-4991 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 28/07/2022 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: redhat | Vendor: n/a | Product: nodepdf
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-4991 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-77
CWE Name: CWE-77
Source: n/a

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).