Description

fstream before 1.0.12 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hardlink, will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file. The fstream.DirWriter() function is vulnerable.

INFO

Published Date :

July 2, 2019, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-13173 has a 1 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-2019-13173 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 Fstream_project fstream

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, 6 months ago
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Born at : Dec. 1, 2020, 9:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-13173 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-13173 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 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00010.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00052.html
    Added Reference https://github.com/npm/fstream/commit/6a77d2fa6e1462693cf8e46f930da96ec1b0bb22
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4123-1/
    Added Reference https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/886
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-59
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4123-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00052.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 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/fstream/commit/6a77d2fa6e1462693cf8e46f930da96ec1b0bb22 No Types Assigned https://github.com/npm/fstream/commit/6a77d2fa6e1462693cf8e46f930da96ec1b0bb22 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/886 No Types Assigned https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/886 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:fstream_project:fstream:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.0.12
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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.

0.68 }} -0.90%

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0.69166

percentile

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