CVE-2016-10538

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10538
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-31 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:16:00 UTC
DescriptionThe package `node-cli` before 1.0.0 insecurely uses the lock_file and log_file. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting user to overwrite any file they have access to.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cli Project Cli All All All All
Application Cli Project Cli All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security] Insecure usage of temporary files. · Issue #81 · node-js-libs/cli · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
#809252 - node-cli: CVE-2016-10538 - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Overview MISC nodesecurity.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983884 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for cli (GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq)
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