7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-7408
Apache Commons vfs Ownership Use-After-Free Directory Traversal
Description

An issue was discovered in an npm 5.7.0 2018-02-21 pre-release (marked as "next: 5.7.0" and therefore automatically installed by an "npm upgrade -g npm" command, and also announced in the vendor's blog without mention of pre-release status). It might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions because ownerships of /etc and /usr directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a "correctMkdir" issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 22, 2018, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-7408 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 Npmjs npm
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-7408.

URL Resource
http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/74e149da6efe6ed89477faa81fef08eee7999ad0 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7408 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/74e149da6efe6ed89477faa81fef08eee7999ad0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/74e149da6efe6ed89477faa81fef08eee7999ad0 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571 No Types Assigned http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883 No Types Assigned https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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