CVE-2012-2142 Command injection in poppler
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PDF file exploiting a terminal escape sequence vulnerability in the poppler library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-2142?
CVE-2012-2142 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, published on 9 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2142?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Freedesktop Poppler, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Xpdfreader Xpdf.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2142?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2012-2142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2142, GHSA-pwcf-7grp-gwmj, MGASA-2013-0261.