CVE-2016-1202 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054 https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8