cvelist/2017/16xxx/CVE-2017-16024.json

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    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "support@hackerone.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-04-26T00:00:00",
        "ID": "CVE-2017-16024",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "sync-exec node module",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "All versions"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "HackerOne"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "The sync-exec module is used to simulate child_process.execSync in node versions <0.11.9. Sync-exec uses tmp directories as a buffer before returning values. Other users on the server have read access to the tmp directory, possibly allowing an attacker on the server to obtain confidential information from the buffer/tmp file, while it exists."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Insecure Temporary File (CWE-377)"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/377.html",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/377.html"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Insecure_Temporary_File",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Insecure_Temporary_File"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://github.com/gvarsanyi/sync-exec/issues/17",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://github.com/gvarsanyi/sync-exec/issues/17"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/310",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/310"
            }
        ]
    }
}