Man-in-the-middle attack in unicode - CVE-2016-10578
Published: June 1, 2018 / Updated: June 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13178
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10578
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: npm Inc.
Affected software:
unicode
unicode
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the npm, Inc. unicode module due to improper security restrictions. An adjacent attacker can conduct man-in-the-middle attack, intercept of the communication channel between the affected app and modify or read resources from the system, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10578
Install update from vendor's website.