CVE-2019-167777.7HighCWE-22

CVE-2019-16777: Arbitrary File Overwrite in npm CLI

npm · cli

Vendor fix available · Affected: npm cli · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

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2.0%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

81st percentile

050100

Higher than 81% of scored CVEs

7.7HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Overwrite. It fails to prevent existing globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other package installations. For example, if a package was installed globally and created a serve binary, any subsequent installs of packages that also create a serve binary would overwrite the previous serve binary. This behavior is still allowed in local installations and also through install scripts. This vulnerability bypasses a user using the --ignore-scripts install option.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

npm · clifrom < 6.13.4 before 6.13.4

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Path Traversal · File and Path Handling
Vendor: npm
Published: December 2019
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), December 2019

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