CVE-2015-8860

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-8860

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-01-23T21:59:00

Last Modified Date
2017-01-24T16:13:21

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js::::::::	1	OR		1.8.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/57	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8860
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8860

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:58				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:04:50	2017-01-23T21:59Z	2017-01-23T21:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 13:04:50		2017-01-24T16:13:21	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 13:04:50		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated