CVE-2017-18869

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Low 2.5
Description
A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-18869
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-06-15T15:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-06-17T19:51:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-367 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:chownr_project:chownr:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR 1.1.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.5
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/isaacs/chownr/issues/14 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1611614 Permissions Required
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863985 Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:chownr:20180731 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18869
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18869
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:42:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 18:04:28 2020-06-15T15:15Z 2020-06-15T15:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 18:04:28 2020-06-17T19:51:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 18:04:28 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated