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Tracker / CVE-2022-32223

CVE-2022-32223

High 7.3

Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploited if the victim has the following dependencies on a Windows machine:* OpenSSL has been installed and “C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL\openssl.cnf” exists.Whenever the above conditions are present, `node.exe` will search for `providers.dll` in the current user directory.After that, `node.exe` will try to search for `providers.dll` by the DLL Search Order in Windows.It is possible for an attacker to place the malicious file `providers.dll` under a variety of paths and exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products and versions

nodejs node.js · 14.0.0 → 14.14.0
nodejs node.js · 14.14.0 → 14.20.0
nodejs node.js · 16.0.0 → 16.12.0
nodejs node.js · 16.13.0 → 16.16.0
nodejs node.js · 18.0.0 → 18.0.5

Analysis

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