PT-2018-6097 · Npm · Nodeffmpeg

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16069

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: nodeffmpeg versions all

Description: The issue concerns a malicious module named nodeffmpeg, which was designed to steal environment variables and send them to attacker-controlled locations. All versions of this module have been unpublished from the npm registry. If installed, the primary security concern is determining how it was introduced into the environment.

Recommendations: Delete the nodeffmpeg package Clear your npm cache Ensure it is not present in any other package.json files on your system Regenerate your registry credentials, tokens, and any other sensitive credentials that may have been present in your environment variables Review any services exposed via credentials in your environment variables for indicators of compromise.

Fix

RCE

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-506

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16069

GHSA-WQH4-27CC-J8F2

Affected Products

Nodeffmpeg

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16069 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wqh4-27cc-j8f2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/508 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/508 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqh4-27cc-j8f2 · Note