CVE-2017-16079
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-06-07
- WeaknessCWE-200 · CWE-506
Am I affected?
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Description
smb was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-06-0702:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-16079?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | ≤ 1.0.2 | no fix published | OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2018-06-07
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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