CVE-2013-4116
Local Privilege Escalation in npm
EPSS 0.10%
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 archives.
How to fix CVE-2013-4116
To remediate CVE-2013-4116, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/npm—upgrade to 1.3.10~dfsg-1 or later
- npm/npm—upgrade to 1.3.3 or later
Is CVE-2013-4116 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.3.10~dfsg-1
- from 0, < 1.3.3