Critical severity · published Jun 7, 2018
CVE-2017-16151
Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron
9.8
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Electron · Electronjs
before 1.7.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16151
Broken Link
https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix
Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539
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