CVE-2018-16487
Description
A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in lodash <4.17.11 where the functions merge, mergeWith, and defaultsDeep can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentialityLow
I:LIntegrityLow
A:LAvailabilityLow
Weaknesses
Affected Products
HackerOne
commercial·USaka hacker one
John-David Dalton
package-ecosystemaka lodash
IBM Corp.
commercial·USaka ibm corporation, ibm
lodash
oss-projectaka lodash-amd, lodash-es
lodashLibrary
OSS Libraries / npmnpm
package-ecosystem
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
Exploitability
1 exploit source identified
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Impact
References
https://hackerone.com/reports/380873
hackerone.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190919-0004/
security.netapp.com
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-planning-analytics-workspace-is-affected-by-security-vulnerabilities-14/
ibm.com
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