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CVE-2013-4116 json

Local Privilege Escalation in npm

published 12y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-v3jv-wrf4-5845 , EUVD-2020-1290

cvss
3.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • npm npm 1.3.3
  • node_packaged_modules_project node_packaged_modules 1.3.3
  • npm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.10~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4116

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4116 updated cvss 1.9

npm: Insecure temporary directory generation

  • Red Hat Software Collections nodejs010-npm
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm npm
<1.3.3
1.3.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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