CVE-2017-12581 – electron

Package

Manager: npm
Name: electron
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.6.8

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.01169 pctl0.77858

Details

Electron vulnerable to remote command execution Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a `nodeIntegration` bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a precondition; however, recent Electron versions do not have strict SOP enforcement. Combining an SOP bypass with a privileged URL internally used by Electron, it was possible to execute native Node.js primitives in order to run OS commands on the user's host. Specifically, a `chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html` window could be used to eval a Node.js `child_process.execFile` API call.

Metadata

Created: 2022-05-17T02:14:12Z
Modified: 2023-10-19T18:37:38Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-7fv9-m79r-j9x8/GHSA-7fv9-m79r-j9x8.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-78"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-7fv9-m79r-j9x8
Finding: F004
Auto approve: 1