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CVE-2017-16151

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Date: June 6, 2018

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.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (7)

https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/539
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
https://electronjs.org/blog/chromium-rce-vulnerability
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16151

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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