CVE-2016-1202 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2016-04-25

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0244	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7	High severity vulnerability that affects electron

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00057.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Atom Electron

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2016-04-25T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:48:13.547Z

Reserved: 2015-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1202

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-25T18:59:01.073

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1202

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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