Vigil@nce - Node.js web3: privilege escalation via Insecure Credential Storage
July 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights, data
reading.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 15/05/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Insecure Credential
Storage of Node.js web3, in order to escalate his privileges.
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