PT-2018-4761 · Google · Closure-Utils

Published 2018-06-01 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2016-10583

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions closure-utils (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the insecure download of binary resources over HTTP, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. This could potentially lead to remote code execution (RCE) if an attacker intercepts and replaces the requested binary with a malicious one. The vulnerability can be exploited when an attacker has a privileged network position, allowing them to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running the affected software.

Recommendations To mitigate this issue:

1. Install the package using npm's --ignore-scripts flag.
2. Navigate to the package directory, and open default-config.json in a text editor.
3. Change the download URLs in the compiler url and library url to https equivalents.
4. Run npm i in the package directory.

Fix

RCE

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

CWE-311

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10583

GHSA-2HPJ-G53M-9GJ6

Affected Products

Closure-Utils

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10583 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2hpj-g53m-9gj6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/165 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/165 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2hpj-g53m-9gj6 · Note