9.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-23355

Published: 15/03/2021 Updated: 16/03/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

This affects all versions of package ps-kill. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the kill function, it is possible for an malicious user to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization in the index.js file. PoC (provided by reporter): var ps_kill = require('ps-kill'); ps_kill.kill('$(touch success)',function(){});

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