CVE-2016-10589 – selenium-binaries

Package

Manager: npm
Name: selenium-binaries
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.15.0

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: 0.00774 pctl0.72701

Details

selenium-binaries downloads resources over HTTP Versions of `selenium-binaries` prior to 0.15.0 insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection. In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running `selenium-binaries`. ## Recommendation A fix for this vulnerability is available on the `master` branch of the repository as part of version 0.15.0. Another mitigation currently available is to use an alternate package, such as [selenium-webdriver](https://www.npmjs.com/package/selenium-webdriver), the official selenium bindings for node.js.

Metadata

Created: 2019-02-18T23:34:37Z
Modified: 2022-08-03T21:15:02Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/02/GHSA-h4mc-r4f4-hcf4/GHSA-h4mc-r4f4-hcf4.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-311"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-h4mc-r4f4-hcf4
Finding: F020
Auto approve: 1