Path traversal in bin-links - #VU23919

 

Path traversal in bin-links - #VU23919

Published: January 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23919
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: isaacs
Affected software:
bin-links

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences, which allows attackers to create arbitrary files in the system outside of the intended node_modules folder through the bin field.


Remediation

Update to version 1.1.5.

Sources