BIT-node-2021-22921

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view advisory published 2024-03-06Licence: per source

Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configuration of permissions in the installation directory allows an attacker to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2021-22921US	high7.8	7.41% (94th)	—	2021-07-12
Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configura…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://hackerone.com/reports/1211160ADVISORY
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases/ADVISORY
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22921WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0003/ADVISORY

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