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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-16202

High
7.5/10

Summary

The cofeescript module exfiltrates sensitive data such as a user's private SSH key and bash history to a third party server during installation.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published