CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-10620

8.1 HIGH Published 2018-06-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-06-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-310, CWE-311

Description

atom-node-module-installer installs node modules for atom-shell applications. atom-node-module-installer binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Affected configurations

• atom-node-module-installer project atom-node-module-installer (<= 0.9.0)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References