Published: 12/07/2021 Updated: 06/04/2022

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.4 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 392

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Node.js prior to 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 malicious user to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking.

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Nodejs before versions 1641, 14172 and 12222 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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CWE-732 https://hackerone.com/reports/1211160 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases/https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0003/https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-069-09 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22921

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