Detections
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CVE-2013-4116
medium
Description
lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.
References
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083