Medium severity · published May 31, 2018
CVE-2016-10534
electron-packager is a command line tool that packages Electron source code into `.app` and `.exe` packages
5.9
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
electron-packager is a command line tool that packages Electron source code into `.app` and `.exe` packages. along with Electron. The `--strict-ssl` command line option in electron-packager >= 5.2.1 <= 6.0.0 || >=6.0.0 <= 6.0.2 defaults to false if not explicitly set to true. This could allow an attacker to perform a man in the middle attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Electron-packager · Electron-packager Project
5.2.1 through 6.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10534
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10534
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-packager/issues/333
Mitigation
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/104
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