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CVE-2017-18869

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Date: June 15, 2020

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.

Language: Java

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Related Resources (8)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1611614
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18869
https://github.com/isaacs/chownr/commit/36a93e3f0a220062c47b237cf6ab6d5f55cd79c9
https://github.com/isaacs/chownr/issues/14
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18869
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863985
https://github.com/isaacs/chownr/commit/a631d841022880e5c8d694408a7e96d6d576d0ce
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-18869

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CWE-367

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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