Description
buildebooks before 0.2.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in lib/kindle.js that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted EPUB file name passed to kindlegen via child_process.exec. Attackers can craft a book project with a malicious front-matter filename or project folder name and kindle: true to execute OS commands as the user running buildebooks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wastemobile | buildebooks | < 0.2.2 | 0.2.2 |
References
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/pull/12 issue-tracking patch
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/commit/123776c9ef61e8075ada2f7da2f7046f6a8078d9 patch
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/blob/7fc313485447d9359fb38fda3cbc2ed60ce69fe7/lib/kindle.js#L5-L12 technical-description
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks product
- VulnCheck Advisory: buildebooks before 0.2.2 OS Command Injection via kindlegen EPUB File Name third-party-advisory