GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7 High severity vulnerability that affects electron

HIGH Published 2017-10-24 Modified 2021-09-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-1202
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
electron
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-426
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm electron: < 0.33.5 → fixed in 0.33.5

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-1202 Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness

References