7.8high
CVE-2016-1202
High severity vulnerability that affects electron
Also known as GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7
Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 38%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | electron | <0.33.5 | 0.33.5 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
- github.com /electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- jvndb.jvn.jp /jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVNDB, x_transferred
- github.com /electron/electron/pull/2976 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1202 · advisory
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7 · advisory
- github.com /electron/electron · package
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-1202
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7
- NVD: CVE-2016-1202
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