CVE-2016-1202

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html	Vendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html	Vendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:atom:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-04-25 18:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2016-1202

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1202

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-1202

JSON object : View

Products Affected

atom

electron

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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