CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-7408

An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status). It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions because ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.

4.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/74e149da6efe6ed89477faa81fef08eee7999ad0 Third Party Advisory
http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-02-22 06:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-7408

Mitre link : CVE-2018-7408

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-732