CVE-2016-10538
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.
02 Description
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.
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
- 0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2018-05-31 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-29
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8b3b026f65b0d0184aebffe188a99364aaa955fb46fa3ef7ac1f857f1fcfaff9
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809252
- github.comhttps://github.com/node-js-libs/cli/issues/81
- nodesecurity.iohttps://nodesecurity.io/advisories/95
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- node-cli No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- node-cli No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.