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Embedded Malicious Code

CVE-2017-16202

Severity High
Score 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-506 - Embedded Malicious Code

The application contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published