PT-2018-6086 · Npm · Gruntcli

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16058

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: gruntcli (affected versions not specified)

Description: The gruntcli package is a piece of malware designed to steal environment variables and send them to attacker-controlled locations. All versions of this package have been unpublished from the npm registry. If installed, the primary security concern is determining how it was introduced into the environment.

Recommendations:

1. Delete the gruntcli package.
2. Clear your npm cache.
3. Ensure gruntcli is not present in any other package.json files on your system.
4. Regenerate your registry credentials, tokens, and any other sensitive credentials that may have been exposed via environment variables. Additionally, review any services that may have been exposed via credentials in your environment variables for indicators of compromise.

Fix

RCE

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-506

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16058

GHSA-9FG5-F5PJ-RWCC

Affected Products

Gruntcli

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16058 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9fg5-f5pj-rwcc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/498 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/498 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9fg5-f5pj-rwcc · Note