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CVE-2017-16052 (GCVE-0-2017-16052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:05
VLAI
Summary
`node-fabric` was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code (CWE-506)
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/489 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne node-fabric node module Affected: All versions
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Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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