Advisories

easy-pdf-merge 0.1.0 through 0.2.6 OS Command Injection via merge function

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severity
critical
date
Affecting
  • easy-pdf-merge >= 0.1.0, <= 0.2.6

CWE
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS
9.2
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
AGIPOO (Kim Jeong-hoon), Asjidkalam, BrianWillows
Description
easy-pdf-merge 0.1.0 through 0.2.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by injecting shell metacharacters into source paths, destination path, or maxHeap option. Attackers can supply file names or options containing double quotes, semicolons, $() or backticks, which child_process.exec() runs through a shell with the Node.js process privileges.

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