CVE-2020-37279
critical · 9.2easy-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.
9.2
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
79th
EPSS percentile
2026-10-12
Published
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-78
References
- https://github.com/karuppiah7890/easy-pdf-merge
- https://github.com/karuppiah7890/easy-pdf-merge/blob/v0.2.6/source/lib/PDFMerger.js#L71-L75
- https://github.com/karuppiah7890/easy-pdf-merge/pull/28
- https://github.com/karuppiah7890/easy-pdf-merge/pull/45
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/easy-pdf-merge-0.1.0-through-0.2.6-os-command-injection-via-merge-function
- https://github.com/karuppiah7890/easy-pdf-merge/pull/28
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2020-37279