Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting pdfinfojs package, versions <0.4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID npm:pdfinfojs:20180409
  • published 25 Apr 2018
  • disclosed 9 Apr 2018
  • credit caioluders

Overview

pdfinfojs provides access to pdfinfo via shell in nodejs.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection. It allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the victim's machine.

Remediaition

Upgrade pdfinfojs to version 0.4.1 or higher.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

9.8 critical