CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-45811

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

Published: Oct 17, 2023 | Modified: Oct 25, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Synchrony deobfuscator is a javascript cleaner & deobfuscator. A __proto__ pollution vulnerability exists in versions before v2.4.4. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. A __proto__ pollution vulnerability exists in the LiteralMap transformer allowing crafted input to modify properties in the Object prototype. A fix has been released in deobfuscator@2.4.4. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should launch node with the [–disable-proto=delete][disable-proto] or [–disable-proto=throw][disable-proto] flags

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
Synchrony Relative 2.0.1 (including) 2.4.4 (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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