Vulnerability CVE-2012-2142
Published: 2020-01-09   Modified: 2020-01-10

Description:
The error function in Error.cc in poppler before 0.21.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a PDF containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Type:

NVD-CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Xpdfreader -> XPDF 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Freedesktop -> Poppler 

 References:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936
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