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FKIE_CVE-2021-4229

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-24 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:19

Severity

5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

A vulnerability was found in ua-parser-js 0.7.29/0.8.0/1.0.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the crypto mining component which introduces a backdoor. Upgrading to version 0.7.30, 0.8.1 and 1.0.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

References

URL	Tags
cna@vuldb.com	https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87w	Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.com	https://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/issues/536	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.com	https://vuldb.com/?id.185453	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87w	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/issues/536	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://vuldb.com/?id.185453	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
ua-parser-js_project	ua-parser-js	0.7.29
ua-parser-js_project	ua-parser-js	0.8.0
ua-parser-js_project	ua-parser-js	1.0.0

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CVE-2021-4229 (GCVE-0-2021-4229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-24 15:30 – Updated: 2025-04-15 14:38

Title

ua-parser-js Crypto Mining backdoor

Summary

Severity

5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-14 17:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-912 - Backdoor

Assigner

VulDB mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87w	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/issues/536	x_refsource_MISC
https://vuldb.com/?id.185453	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
unspecified	ua-parser-js	Affected: 0.7.29 Affected: 0.8.0 Affected: 1.0.0

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