CVE-2020-28472

Summary

CVECVE-2020-28472
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-19 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-28 15:16:00 UTC
DescriptionThis affects the package @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader before 1.0.0-rc.9; the package aws-sdk before 2.814.0. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with loadSharedConfigFiles , they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amazon Aws Sdk For Javascipt All All All All
Application Amazon Aws Sdk For Javascipt All All All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 alpha3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma4 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma5 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma6 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma7 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma8 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc8 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 alpha3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma4 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma5 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma6 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma7 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 gamma8 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Amazon Aws Shared Configuration File Loader 1.0.0 rc8 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Prototype Pollution in @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
throw at invalid profile name in shared ini file by AllanZhengYP · Pull Request #3585 · aws/aws-sdk-js · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Prototype Pollution in org.webjars.npm:aws-sdk | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
fix(shared-ini-file-loader): ignore prohibited profile name (#1764) · aws/aws-sdk-js-v3@a209082 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Prototype Pollution in org.webjars.bower:aws-sdk | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Prototype Pollution in aws-sdk | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Eugene Lim

LEGACY: Government Technology Agency Cyber Security Group

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980118 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader (GHSA-rrc9-gqf8-8rwg)
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