GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7

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    GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-1202

    Summary: High severity vulnerability that affects electron

    Details: 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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1202, https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976, https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7, https://github.com/electron/electron, http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html, http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: electron

    Purl: pkg:npm/electron

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.33.5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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