CVE-2022-32223

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Publication date:

14/07/2022

Last modified:

28/10/2022

Description

Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploited if the victim has the following dependencies on a Windows machine:* OpenSSL has been installed and “C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL\openssl.cnf” exists.Whenever the above conditions are present, `node.exe` will search for `providers.dll` in the current user directory.After that, `node.exe` will try to search for `providers.dll` by the DLL Search Order in Windows.It is possible for an attacker to place the malicious file `providers.dll` under a variety of paths and exploit this vulnerability.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.30

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	14.0.0 (including)	14.14.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::lts:::*	14.14.0 (including)	14.20.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	16.0.0 (including)	16.12.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::lts:::*	16.13.0 (including)	16.16.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	18.0.0 (including)	18.0.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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CVE-2022-32223

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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