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+/**
+ * @name Exec call vulnerable to binary planting
+ * @description On Windows, executing a binary with an unqualified name will execute a binary in the working directory in preference to a binary on PATH.
+ * @kind path-problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @id javascript/codeql-action/binary-planting
+ */
+
+import javascript
+import DataFlow
+import DataFlow::PathGraph
+
+class SafeWhichBarrierGuardNode extends DataFlow::BarrierGuardNode, DataFlow::InvokeNode {
+  SafeWhichBarrierGuardNode() { getCalleeName() = "safeWhich" }
+
+  override predicate blocks(boolean outcome, Expr e) {
+    outcome = true and
+    e = getArgument(0).asExpr()
+  }
+}
+
+class BinaryPlantingConfiguration extends DataFlow::Configuration {
+  BinaryPlantingConfiguration() {
+    this = "BinaryPlantingConfiguration"
+  }
+
+  override predicate isSource(Node node) {
+    node.asExpr() instanceof StringLiteral and
+    not node.asExpr().(StringLiteral).getValue().matches("%/%") and
+    not node.getFile().getBaseName().matches("%.test.ts")
+  }
+
+  override predicate isSink(Node node) {
+    node instanceof SystemCommandExecution or
+    exists(InvokeExpr e | e.getCalleeName() = "ToolRunner" and e.getArgument(0) = node.asExpr())
+  }
+
+  override predicate isBarrierGuard(DataFlow::BarrierGuardNode guard) {
+    guard instanceof SafeWhichBarrierGuardNode
+  }
+}
+
+from BinaryPlantingConfiguration cfg, PathNode source, PathNode sink
+where cfg.hasFlowPath(source, sink)
+select source.getNode(), source, sink, "This exec call might be vulnerable to Windows binary planting vulnerabilities."