CVE-2025-64512

pdfminer.six contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the CMap loading path. The library uses pickle.loads() to deserialize CMap cache files; a malicious PDF can cause execution of code by pointing to a crafted .pickle.gz in the cmap directory. Affected releases are before the upstre...

EUVD-2025-38331

Insecure Deserialization pickle in pdfminer.six CMap Loader — Local Privesc...

GHSA-F83H-GHPP-7WCC Insecure Deserialization (pickle) in pdfminer.six CMap Loader — Local Privesc

🚀 Overview This report demonstrates a real-world privilege escalation vulnerability in pdfminer.six due to unsafe usage of Python's pickle module for CMap file loading. It shows how a low-privileged user can gain root access or escalate to any service account by exploiting insecure deserializatio...

Insecure Deserialization (pickle) in pdfminer.six CMap Loader — Local Privesc

🚀 Overview This report demonstrates a real-world privilege escalation vulnerability in pdfminer.six due to unsafe usage of Python's pickle module for CMap file loading. It shows how a low-privileged user can gain root access or escalate to any service account by exploiting insecure deserializatio...

EUVD-2025-38315

Arbitrary Code Execution in pdfminer.six via Crafted PDF Input...

PT-2026-5984

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pdfminer.six versions prior to 20251230 Description pdfminer.six contains an insecure deserialization issue in the CMap loading mechanism. The library utilizes Python pickle to deserialize CMap cache files without proper validation. An attacke...

PT-2025-46211

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pdfminer.six versions prior to 20251107 Description Pdfminer.six is a tool for extracting information from PDF documents. Prior to version 20251107, the software could execute arbitrary code from a malicious pickle file when processing a...

Heuristics File System Secret Search: blueflower

blueflower is a command-line tool that looks for secrets such as private keys or passwords in a file structure. Interesting files are detected using heuristics on their names and on their content. Unlike some forensics tools, blueflower does not search in RAM, and does not attempt to identify...

[PDFMiner] Python PDF parser and analyzer

PDFMiner is a tool for extracting information from PDF documents. Unlike other PDF-related tools, it focuses entirely on getting and analyzing text data. PDFMiner allows one to obtain the exact location of text in a page, as well as other information such as fonts or lines. It includes a PDF...