Vulnerability CVE-2012-2142

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-2142 (CCN-174777)

Assigned:

2012-04-04

Published:

2013-02-13

Updated:

2020-01-15

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-Other

Vulnerability Consequences:

Bypass Security

References:

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90f

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-2142

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 789936
(CVE-2012-2142) - CVE-2012-2142 poppler, xpdf: Insufficient sanitization of escape sequences in the error messages

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
poppler-cve20122142-sec-bypass(174777)

Source: CCN
Type: Poppler Web site
Poppler

Source: CCN
Type: XpdfReader Web site
XpdfReader

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 0.21.4)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/a:xpdfreader:xpdf:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3:

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4:

cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:poppler:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:xpdf:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20122142	V	CVE-2012-2142	2023-06-22
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201221420000000	V	CVE-2012-2142 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2020-01-09
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20122142000	V	CVE-2012-2142 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2012-12-31
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20122142000	V	CVE-2012-2142 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2012-12-31
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20122142000	V	CVE-2012-2142 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2012-12-31

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