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    CVE-2014-6394

    visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated using "public-restricted" under a "public" directory.

    Published:Sep 12, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Oct 8, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.04842
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Xcode
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Joyent
    Product
    Node.js

    Exploits

    https://github.com/visionmedia/send/commit/9c6ca9b2c0b880afd3ff91ce0d211213c5fa5f9ahttps://github.com/visionmedia/send/commit/9c6ca9b2c0b880afd3ff91ce0d211213c5fa5f9a

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    References

    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139938.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140020.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139415.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62170
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/10
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70100
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146063
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96727
    https://github.com/visionmedia/send/commit/9c6ca9b2c0b880afd3ff91ce0d211213c5fa5f9a
    https://github.com/visionmedia/send/pull/59
    https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/send-directory-traversal
    https://support.apple.com/HT205217
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139938.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140020.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139415.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62170
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/10
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70100
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146063
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96727
    https://github.com/visionmedia/send/commit/9c6ca9b2c0b880afd3ff91ce0d211213c5fa5f9a
    https://github.com/visionmedia/send/pull/59
    https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/send-directory-traversal
    https://support.apple.com/HT205217

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High