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CVE-2017-16202

Embedded Malicious Code

Published: Jun 07, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16202
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/506.html

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

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cofeescript Cofeescript_project 0.0.1 (including) 0.0.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References

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