8.1high

CVE-2016-10665

herbivore downloads Resources over HTTP

Also known as GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.2%
percentile 82%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

herbivore is a packet sniffing and crafting library. Built on libtins herbivore 0.0.3 and below download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested resources with an attacker controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmherbivore
<=0.0.3
no fix listed

Affected products

  • HackerOne herbivore node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
  • CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

References

  • github.com /samatt/Herbivore/commit/0a041defc3463e99948e5d2064aef54b2128c5a3 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nodesecurity.io /advisories/258 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10665 · advisory
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw · advisory
  • github.com /samatt/herbivore · web
  • npmjs.com /advisories/258 · web

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.