CVE-2013-4116
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- node packaged modules project/node packaged modules
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/10/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715325Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f4d31693Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3635Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.