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CVE-2020-29599 Details

Description

ImageMagick before 6.9.11-40 and 7.x before 7.0.10-40 mishandles the -authenticate option, which allows setting a password for password-protected PDF files. The user-controlled password was not properly escaped/sanitized and it was therefore possible to inject additional shell commands via coders/pdf.c.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00010.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-36	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00010.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-36	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-91	XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
imagemagick imagemagick	>= 6.9.8-1, < 6.9.11-40 >= 7.0.5-3, < 7.0.10-40
CPE cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 11, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 29, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 29, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 12, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 28, 2020	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]