High severity · published Jun 4, 2018
CVE-2017-16046
`mariadb` was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
`mariadb` was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mariadb · Mariadb
2.13.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16046
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16046
Mitigation
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/495
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