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    CVE-2017-5941

    An issue was discovered in the node-serialize package 0.0.4 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the unserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).

    Published:Feb 9, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Feb 9, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.7793
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Node-serialize Project
    Product
    Node-serialize

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161356/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161356/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45265https://github.com/Cr4zyD14m0nd137/Lab-for-cve-2018-15133https://github.com/cybersploit-tech/RCE-NodeJshttps://github.com/f41k0n/RCE-NodeJshttps://github.com/Frivolous-scholar/CVE-2017-5941-NodeJS-RCEhttps://github.com/kylew1004/cve-2017-5941-poc-docker-labhttps://github.com/turnernator1/Node.js-CVE-2017-5941https://github.com/uartu0/nodejshellhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49552https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50036

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-586 Object Injection

    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