Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in shelljs - CVE-2022-0144

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in shelljs - CVE-2022-0144

Published: March 28, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61670
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0144
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ShellJS
Affected software:
shelljs

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-0144

Install updates from vendor's website.

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