GSD-2013-4116

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
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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.
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