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Privilege Escalation Affecting mongodb-js-metrics package, versions <6.0.0

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Privileges Required High
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (12th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-MONGODBJSMETRICS-1243685
  • published 7 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 7 Apr 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 7 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-20334 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb-js-metrics to version 6.0.0 or higher.

Overview

mongodb-js-metrics is a Shareable metric recording.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. A malicious 3rd party with local access to the Windows machine can execute arbitrary software with the privileges of the user who is running MongoDB Compass.