Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.webjars:npm package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-480058
  • published21 Mar 2018
  • disclosed22 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for org.webjars:npm.

Overview

org.webjars:npm is a package manager for JavaScript.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions due to ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.

CVSS Scores

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