CVE-2018-7408

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-7408
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-22 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status). It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions because ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Npmjs Npm 5.7.0 All All All
Application Npmjs Npm 5.7.0 All All All

References

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GitHub · Where software is built MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
npm Blog Archive: v5.7.1 MISC blog.npmjs.org Vendor Advisory
Critical Linux filesystem permissions are being changed by latest version · Issue #19883 · npm/npm · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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