github_osv/GHSA-6cpc-mj5c-m9rq
Arbitrary File Write in cli
Affected versions of `cli` use predictable temporary file names. If an attacker can create a symbolic link at the location of one of these temporarly file names, the attacker can arbitrarily write to any file that the user which owns the `cli` process has permission to write to.
## Proof of Concept
By creating Symbolic Links at the following locations, the target of the link can be written to.
```
lock_file = '/tmp/' + cli.app + '.pid',
log_file = '/tmp/' + cli.app + '.log';
```
## Recommendation
Update to version 1.0.0 or later.
gitlab/npm/cli/CVE-2016-10538
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The package `node-cli` before 1.0.0 insecurely uses the lock_file and log_file. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting user to overwrite any file they have access to.