Command Injection Affecting chrome-launcher package, versions <0.13.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
1.7% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-CHROMELAUNCHER-537575
  • published11 Dec 2019
  • disclosed10 Dec 2019
  • creditJHU System Security Lab

Introduced: 10 Dec 2019

CVE-2020-7645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)
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How to fix?

Upgrade chrome-launcher to version 0.13.2 or higher.

Overview

chrome-launcher is a library to launch Google Chrome with ease from node.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection. By controlling the $HOME environment variable in Linux operating systems, an attacker can execute arbitrary code.

PoC:

var malicious_code = '& touch malicious_file &';
process.env.HOME += "/" + malicious_code;
var Root = require("chrome-launcher");
Root.launch();

CVSS Scores

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