CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-1889
10.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-09-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-265
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.
Affected configurations
• whatsapp whatsapp desktop (< 0.3.4932)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/ Vendor Advisory