Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting printer package, versions <= 0.0.1


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.41% (74th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID npm:printer:20140306
  • published 6 Mar 2014
  • disclosed 6 Mar 2014
  • credit Adam Baldwin

How to fix?

Upgrade to version > 0.0.1 which is available on github at https://github.com/tojocky/node-printer

Overview

printer does not sanitize command arguments properly in the printDirect() function. If untrusted client input is passed in, command injection is possible.

Source: Node Security Project