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Pidusage CVE-2017-1000220

CRITICAL
OS Command Injection (CWE-78)
2017-11-17 cve@mitre.org
9.8
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Nov 17, 2017 - 01:29 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.8

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 13 npm packages depend on pidusage (1 direct, 12 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.1.5.

DescriptionCVE.org

soyuka/pidusage <=1.1.4 is vulnerable to command injection in the module resulting in arbitrary command execution

AnalysisAI

soyuka/pidusage <=1.1.4 is vulnerable to command injection in the module resulting in arbitrary command execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 11.8%.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. soyuka/pidusage <=1.1.4 is vulnerable to command injection in the module resulting in arbitrary command execution Affected products include: Pidusage Project Pidusage.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.

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