Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-2142

RCE

Title: Freedesktop Poppler RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-2142.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jan 09, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.94%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-2142: 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.

Impacted Vendors

X
xpdf 1
P
poppler 1
X
xpdfreader 1
F
freedesktop 1
F
foolabs 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-2142 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.