Code execution via Windows current-directory binary planting
Published Mar 21, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Untrusted search path handling in pnpm before 6.15.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through a malicious Windows project. When pnpm invokes tools such as Git by name, Windows searches the current working directory first, so a planted executable runs instead of the trusted binary. A victim must obtain the attacker-controlled files and run a pnpm command from that directory; the planted program then executes with the victim's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted search path handling in pnpm before 6.15.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through a malicious Windows project. When pnpm invokes tools such as Git by name, Windows searches the current working directory first, so a planted executable runs instead of the trusted binary. A victim must obtain the attacker-controlled files and run a pnpm command from that directory; the planted program then executes with the victim's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-26183
- Published
- Mar 21, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-426, CAPEC-38, T1204.002, T1574.007
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 21, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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