Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Node
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Jul 13, 2021
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 12, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jul 13, 2021
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configuration of permissions in the installation directory allows an attacker to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking.
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