CVE-2012-5007 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can write to arbitrary PDF files in the Drupal Fill PDF module due to incorrect argument handling in the merge function.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not stated
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not stated
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-5007?

CVE-2012-5007 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Sep 2012. It can be exploited over the network.

Official description

The Fill PDF module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.2 for Drupal allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary PDF files via unspecified vectors related to the fillpdf_merge_pdf function and incorrect arguments, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1625. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5007?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wizonesolutions Fillpdf.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5007?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5007 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-5007 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4jq7-gcx7-hm85.

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