CVE-2017-16024 Information

Description

The sync-exec module is used to simulate child_process.execSync in node versions 0.11.9. Sync-exec uses tmp directories as a buffer before returning values. Other users on the server have read access to the tmp directory possibly allowing an attacker on the server to obtain confidential information from the buffer/tmp file while it exists.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/377.html https://github.com/gvarsanyi/sync-exec/issues/17 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/310 https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Insecure_Temporary_File

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5