CVE-2017-18869
LOW
2.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 15, 2020 at 02:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChownr
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Severity
LOW2.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 1.1.0
Affected range stops below 1.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863985x_refsource_MISCPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1611614x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/isaacs/chownr/issues/14x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:chownr:20180731CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-367
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