nSense Vulnerability Research Security Advisory – A PDF file format parsing vulnerability exists in the pdf2tif parser and can be exploited with a specially crafted input file. The plugin suffers from a buffer overflow flaw. Many server side applications use the library when converting pdf files to images. If an attacker is able to send the application a malicious file, successful exploitation leads to code being executed in the context of the running application.
Source: VeryPDF Code Execution
