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.