CVE-2020-29599
ImageMagick versiones anteriores a 6.9.11-40 y versiones 7.x anteriores a 7.0.10-40 maneja inapropiadamente la opción -authenticate, que permite establecer una contraseña para archivos PDF protegidos con contraseña. La contraseña controlada por el usuario no era escapada y saneada apropiadamente y, por lo tanto, fue posible inyectar comandos de shell adicionales por medio del archivo coders/pdf.c
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 7.51%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 94
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Prueba de concepto en GitHub (no verificada) · Lista de pruebas de concepto en GitHub
⚠️ Las pruebas de concepto de GitHub no están verificadas: algunas son falsas o contienen malware. No las ejecute nunca fuera de un laboratorio aislado.
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-91
Referencias
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851
- https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-36
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851
- https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-36
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