Description
GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.
Published: 2018-01-24
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 92.3% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w222-53c6-c86p Remote Code Execution in electron
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Atom Electron
Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:33:49.215Z

Reserved: 2018-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1000006

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-24T23:29:00.497

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:39:24.490

Link: CVE-2018-1000006

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