Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU89847

Code Injection in pdfmake - CVE-2024-25180

Published: May 28, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89847

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25180

CWE-ID: CWE-94

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted POST request to the /pdf endpoint and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Affected software

pdfmake
IBM Spectrum Control

How to mitigate CVE-2024-25180

Install updates from vendor's website.

pdfmake - update to 0.2.10
IBM Spectrum Control - update to 5.4.12

External References

https://github.com/joaoviictorti/My-CVES/blob/main/CVE-2024-25180/README.md
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcOlrWUGo6o
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PDFMAKE-6347243
https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake/issues/2702

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