Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting macaddress package, versions <0.2.9


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.22% (60th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID npm:macaddress:20180511
  • published 13 May 2018
  • disclosed 11 May 2018
  • credit ChALkeR

How to fix?

Upgrade macaddress to version 0.2.9 or higher.

Overview

macaddress Retrieve MAC addresses in Linux, OS X, and Windows.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection. An attacker could inject arbitrary shell commands if the user input can influence the iface argument.