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FKIE_CVE-2016-10588

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-01 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:39

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

nw is an installer for nw.js. nw downloads zipped resources over HTTP, It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested zip file with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

References

	URL	Tags
	support@hackerone.com	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/166	Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/166	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	nwjs	nw	*

JSON

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:39:59.113",
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CVE-2016-10588 (GCVE-0-2016-10588)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-01 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:16

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CWE-311)

Assigner

hackerone CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 59/100 over 187 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/166	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
HackerOne	nw node module	Affected: All versions

Date Public

2018-04-26 00:00

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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