GSD-2022-36231

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-02-24 00:00
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pdf_info 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Command Execution. An attacker using a specially crafted payload may execute OS commands by using command chaining because during object initalization there is no validation performed and the user provided path is used.
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CVE-2022-36231
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