VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1000006

HIGH 8.8EPSS 84.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 84.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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 3.0: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 84.50% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-78
Affected: atom/electron
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102796Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fixMitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c374
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102796Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fixMitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c374
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357/

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.