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GHSA-4W88-RJJ3-X7WP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-07-24 20:04 – Updated: 2023-09-13 19:15

Summary

Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron

Details

Affected versions of ElectronJS are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when an affected application access remote content, even if the sandbox option is enabled.

Recommendation

Update to electron version 1.7.8 or later.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Affected versions of `ElectronJS` are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when an affected application access remote content, even if the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to electron version 1.7.8 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp",
  "modified": "2023-09-13T19:15:15Z",
  "published": "2018-07-24T20:04:23Z",
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CVE-2017-16151 (GCVE-0-2017-16151)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:54

Summary

Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-94 - Code Injection (CWE-94)

Assigner

hackerone CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 60/100 over 214 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium…	x_refsource_MISC
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
HackerOne	electron node module	Affected: < 1.6.14 \|\| >= 1.7.0 < 1.7.8

Date Public

2018-04-26 00:00

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