CVE-2013-4116
lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking
02 Description
lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-04-22 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 564cdcd561b353094ac3a8ff8bf78add0234d5c0b3a3895b3db8507374044dc5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com61083http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130711 Re: npm uses predictable temporary filenames when unpacking tarballshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325
- github.comhttps://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635
- github.comhttps://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130710 npm uses predictable temporary filenames when unpacking tarballshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnode-packaged-cve20134116-symlink(87141)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- npm Fixed in 1.3.10~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- npm Fixed in 1.3.10~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- npm Fixed in 1.3.10~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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