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CVE-2020-12265
April 26, 2020
The decompress package before 4.2.1 for Node.js is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via ../ in an archive member, when a symlink is used, because of Directory Traversal.
Affected Packages
decompress (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <4.2.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.2.1
Related Resources (6)
https://github.com/kevva/decompress/pull/73
https://github.com/kevva/decompress
https://github.com/kevva/decompress/issues/71
https://github.com/kevva/decompress/commit/967146e70f48be32ed1a69daa3941d681944d513
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1217
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12265
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-59
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22
EPSS
Base Score:
0.7