CVE-2013-4116
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
lib/npm.js in Node Packaged Modules (npm) before 1.3.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names that are created when unpacking archives.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2020-1290)
- Published
- April 22, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-1290 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- node packaged modules project / node packaged modules
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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