7.5high

CVE-2017-16059

mssql-node is malware

Also known as GHSA-3p8f-j2vw-7hw9

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 66%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

mssql-node was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmmssql-node
<=1.0.2
no fix listed

Affected products

  • HackerOne mssql-node node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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