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CVE-2013-4116
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…
Low3.3EPSS 0.37%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (8)
- 61083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130711 Re: npm uses predictable temporary filenames when unpacking tarballs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130710 npm uses predictable temporary filenames when unpacking tarballs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- node-packaged-cve20134116-symlink(87141) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v3jv-wrf4-5845 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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