PT-2018-16190 · Npm · Whereis

Chalker · Published 2018-07-30 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-3772

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV: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.

Exploit

Fix

Command Injection

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-3772

GHSA-WJR4-2JGW-HMV8

Affected Products

Whereis

References · 7

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/319476 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3772 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3772 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wjr4-2jgw-hmv8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/vvo/node-whereis/commit/0f64e3780235004fb6e43bfd153ea3e0e210ee2b · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjr4-2jgw-hmv8 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/604 · Note