{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:00Z","published":"2018-05-31T20:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-10538"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10538"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809252"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/node-js-libs/cli/issues/81"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/95"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10538"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"node-cli","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-cli@0.4.4~20120516-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.4.4~20120516-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"node-cli","binary_version":"0.4.4~20120516-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538.json"}},{"package":{"name":"node-cli","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-cli@0.4.4~20120516-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.4.4~20120516-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"node-cli","binary_version":"0.4.4~20120516-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}