CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-4245

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

Published: Dec 15, 2022 | Modified: Jan 25, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in chbrown rfc6902. This affects an unknown part of the file pointer.ts. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes (prototype pollution). The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is c006ce9faa43d31edb34924f1df7b79c137096cf. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215883.

Weakness

The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rfc6902 Rfc6902_project * 5.0.0 (excluding)

Extended Description

By adding or modifying attributes of an object prototype, it is possible to create attributes that exist on every object, or replace critical attributes with malicious ones. This can be problematic if the product depends on existence or non-existence of certain attributes, or uses pre-defined attributes of object prototype (such as hasOwnProperty, toString or valueOf). This weakness is usually exploited by using a special attribute of objects called proto, constructor or prototype. Such attributes give access to the object prototype. This weakness is often found in code that assigns object attributes based on user input, or merges or clones objects recursively.

Potential Mitigations

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