CVE-2020-1889 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A security feature bypass issue in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to v0.3.4932 could have allowed for sandbox escape in Electron and escalation of privilege if combined with a remote code execution vulnerability inside the sandboxed renderer process.

Published: 2020-09-03

Score: 10.0 Critical

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

Facebook

WhatsApp Desktop

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.3.4932`	affected	—
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.3.4932

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-12715	A security feature bypass issue in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to v0.3.4932 could have allowed for sandbox escape in Electron and escalation of privilege if combined with a remote code execution vulnerability inside the sandboxed renderer process.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00505.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/

History

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Subscriptions

Whatsapp Whatsapp Desktop

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: facebook

Published: 2020-09-03T21:10:18.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:53:59.559Z

Reserved: 2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1889

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-03T21:15:10.580

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:11:33.160

Link: CVE-2020-1889

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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