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CVE-2014-6394

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Description

visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated using "public-restricted" under a "public" directory.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT205217

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/send-directory-traversal

https://github.com/visionmedia/send/pull/59

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96727

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146063

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70100

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/10

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/1

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263

http://secunia.com/advisories/62170

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139415.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140020.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139938.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-10-08

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04842

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