CVE-2021-22921

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-22921
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-12 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-06 14:30:00 UTC
DescriptionNode.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configuration of permissions in the installation directory allows an attacker to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
July 2021 Node.js Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
July 2021 Security Releases | Node.js MISC nodejs.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375691 Node.js Multiple Vulnerabilities July 2021
  • 690034 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for node.js (c174118e-1b11-11ec-9d9d-0022489ad614)
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