HighGHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7CVE-2016-1202
High severity vulnerability that affects electron
Published 24 Oct 2017 · Updated 8 Nov 2023
Affected package
electronnpm
- Affected
- <0.33.5
- Fixed in
- 0.33.5
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install electron@0.33.5Details
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.
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References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1202
- Linkgithub.com/electron/electron/pull/2976
- Linkgithub.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d
- Advisorygithub.com/advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7
- Packagegithub.com/electron/electron
- Linkjvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html
- Linkjvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054
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