CVE-2013-4116

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.3/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 22, 2014
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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