CVE-2020-37279
8.1HighPublished 12 Oct 2026 · NVD status: Received
8.1High
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Impact
- Full C/I/A compromise
- Weakness
- CWE-78
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CVSS v3.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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NVD 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.
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