CVE-2018-1000006 Information

Description

GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier 1.7.10 and earlier 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4 1.7.11 and 1.6.16.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102796 https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fix https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4 https://medium.com/@Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c374 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8