7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-20834
Node-Tar Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).

INFO

Published Date :

April 30, 2019, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:02 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-20834 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20834 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tar_project tar
1 Node-tar_project node-tar

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

JavaScript

Updated: 4 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 1, 2020, 8:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

TypeScript

Updated: 4 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 3, 2020, 5:33 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

A VS Code extension that provides a command to browse the current project using GitExtensions, from the Explorer.

TypeScript

Updated: 4 weeks ago
8 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Nov. 27, 2018, 2:56 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Convert your reStructuredText into HTML using rst2html in Visual Studio Code

restructuredtext html vscode vscode-extension

TypeScript JavaScript

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 15, 2018, 3:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Generate docstring for functions and classes

TypeScript

Updated: 3 years, 5 months ago
6 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 8, 2018, 1:56 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20834 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20834 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
    Added Reference https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/7ecef07da6a9e72cc0c4d0c9c6a8e85b6b52395d
    Added Reference https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8
    Added Reference https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commits/v2.2.2
    Added Reference https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779
    Added Reference https://hackerone.com/reports/344595
    Added Reference https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20834
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2. An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).
    Added Reference https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/7ecef07da6a9e72cc0c4d0c9c6a8e85b6b52395d [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20834 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commits/v2.2.2 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821 [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.4.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.2 *cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.4.2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/b0c58433c22f5e7fe8b1c76373f27e3f81dcd4c8 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779 No Types Assigned https://github.com/npm/node-tar/compare/58a8d43...a5f7779 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/344595 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/344595 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-59
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.4.2
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20834 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.41 }} 0.02%

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0.73545

percentile

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