High severity vulnerability that affects electron · CVE-2016-1202 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

High severity vulnerability that affects electron

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

electron (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.33.5

Patched versions

0.33.5

Description

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.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

7.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H