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node-downloader-helper@1.0.11 vulnerabilities

A simple http/s file downloader for node.js

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Known vulnerabilities in the node-downloader-helper package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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Directory Traversal

node-downloader-helper is an A simple http file downloader for node.js

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Since there is no sanitization of file path, malicious server is able to traversal path of victim machine. It leads remote code execution by putting malicious executable to startup folder in Windows (In Linux, it's possible to create authorized_key).

How to fix Directory Traversal?

Upgrade node-downloader-helper to version 1.0.15 or higher.

<1.0.15
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