CVE-2019-16775

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.3 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Write. It is possible for packages to create symlinks to files outside of thenode_modules folder through the bin field upon installation. A properly constructed entry in the package.json bin field would allow a package publisher to create a symlink pointing to arbitrary files on a user's system when the package is installed. This behavior is still possible through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-16775
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-12-13T01:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-01-24T16:10:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-61 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/61.html
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.13.3
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:19.3.0.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.2.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://blog.npmjs.org/post/189618601100/binary-planting-with-the-npm-cli Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-m6cx-g6qm-p2cx Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00027.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z36UKPO5F3PQ3Q2POMF5LEKXWAH5RUFP/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:0330 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16775
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16775
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:27:17 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 07:50:31 2019-12-13T01:15Z 2019-12-13T01:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 07:50:31 2022-08-02T20:45:56 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 07:50:31 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 16:09:54 Analyzed Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 16:09:54 Weakness Enumeration update
2023-01-24 17:11:10 2023-01-24T16:10:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-24 17:11:10 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated