Vigil@nce - Node.js merge: privilege escalation via Prototype Pollution
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, data creation/edition.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Prototype Pollution of
Node.js merge, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-merge-privilege-escalation-via-Prototype-Pollution-27700