CVE-2017-14849

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

Node.js 8.5.0 before 8.6.0 allows remote attackers to access unintended files, because a change to ".." handling was incompatible with the pathname validation used by unspecified community modules.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-14849

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-09-28T01:29:02

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-22	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:8.5.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

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:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/913131152868876288	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2017-path-validation/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101056	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14849
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14849

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:22:51				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:27:44	2017-09-28T01:29Z	2017-09-28T01:29:02	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:27:44		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 21:27:44		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated