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Symlink attack due to predictable tmp folder names Affecting npm Open this link in a new tab package, versions <1.3.3

0.0
low

  • Attack Complexity

    High

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  • snyk-id

    npm:npm:20130708

  • published

    13 Feb 2017

  • disclosed

    7 Jul 2013

  • credit

    Daniel Kahn Gillmor

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Introduced: 7 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-4116 Open this link in a new tab
CVE-2017-16017 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-377 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade npm to version 1.3.3 or higher.

Overview

npm is a package manager for JavaScript. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Symlink attack due to predictable tmp folder names, which were named /tmp/npm-$PID. An attacker waiting for a process named npm- to load could then go to the folder and arbitrarily change the files in the tmp folder.