CVE-2016-4991 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting nodepdf version 1.3.0. An attacker can achieve remote code execution by exploiting improper shell escaping of semicolons and curly braces within input provided to the Pdf() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to fully compromise the system with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodepdf_project:nodepdf:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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