Description
ctorName in index.js in kind-of v6.0.2 allows external user input to overwrite certain internal attributes via a conflicting name, as demonstrated by 'constructor': {'name':'Symbol'}. Hence, a crafted payload can overwrite this builtin attribute to manipulate the type detection result.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of/issues/30
https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of/pull/31
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