{"id":"CVE-2020-37282","title":"office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml()","summary":"office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml(). Attackers can embed $(...), backticks, or a closi…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-10-14","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T15:16:59.520","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37282","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/blob/b1ea855d0001dc7a5d66343698634dbc06b72c2d/index.js#L19-L20","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/pull/9","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/office-converter-through-1.0.2-os-command-injection-via-filename-in-generatepdf","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T15:36:13.993Z","slug":"CVE-2020-37282","body":"## Overview\n\noffice-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml(). Attackers can embed $(...), backticks, or a closing quote with shell metacharacters in the file name, which is concatenated into an unoconv command run via child_process.exec(), executing commands with Node.js process privileges.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}