CVE-2017-5941 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the node-serialize package 0.0.4 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the unserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).

Published: 2017-02-09

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 77.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:node-serialize_project:node-serialize:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-q4v7-4rhw-9hqm	Code Execution through IIFE in node-serialize

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.7793.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161356/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163222/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96225
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/311
https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/

History

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Node-serialize Project Node-serialize

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-09T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:18:48.916Z

Reserved: 2017-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5941

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-09T19:59:00.147

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5941

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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