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Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

CVE-2020-28472

High
9.8/10

Summary

The packages aws-sdk and @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. If an attacker submits a malicious "INI" file to an application that parses it with "loadSharedConfigFiles," they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context. This issue affects @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader prior to 1.0.0-rc.9 and the package aws-sdk prior to 2.814.0.

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

CWE-1321 - Prototype Pollution

Prototype pollution is one of the lesser-known vulnerabilities. It allows attackers to abuse the rules of JavaScript by injecting properties into the general object “Object” in JS. Modifying the prototype of “Object” affects the behavior of all objects in the entire app, potentially resulting in denial of service, arbitrary code execution, cross-site scripting, etc.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published