PT-2018-16190
CVE-2018-3772
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Published
2018-07-30
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Updated
2019-10-09
Description by
CVSS 3.1
9.8
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
whereis versions prior to 0.4.1
Description
The issue arises from concatenating unsanitized user input in the
whereis npm module, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. It is recommended to use the which npm module instead, as whereis is deprecated.Recommendations
Update to version 0.4.1 or later.
As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the
whereis module with untrusted user input until a patch is applied or the module is updated.Exploitability
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