Arbitrary File Write in cli

Also known as GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq

Published 8 y ago 2018-05-31 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

3.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.0%

percentile 62%

Public exploits

none known

The 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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.98% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	3.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.9	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`cli`	<1.0.0	1.0.0

Affected products

HackerOne cli node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809252 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
github.com /node-js-libs/cli/issues/81 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nodesecurity.io /advisories/95 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10538 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/95 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-10538
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq
NVD: CVE-2016-10538

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Summary