CVE-2022-1537 (GCVE-0-2022-1537)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-10 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
file.copy operations in GruntJS are vulnerable to a TOCTOU race condition leading to arbitrary file write in gruntjs/grunt
Summary
file.copy operations in GruntJS are vulnerable to a TOCTOU race condition leading to arbitrary file write in GitHub repository gruntjs/grunt prior to 1.5.3. This vulnerability is capable of arbitrary file writes which can lead to local privilege escalation to the GruntJS user if a lower-privileged user has write access to both source and destination directories as the lower-privileged user can create a symlink to the GruntJS user's .bashrc file or replace /etc/shadow file if the GruntJS user is root.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gruntjs | gruntjs/grunt |
Affected:
unspecified , < 1.5.3
(custom)
|
guessed |
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