Privilege Escalation Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions (,0.33.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-479663
  • published30 Jul 2019
  • disclosed5 Apr 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-1202  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 0.33.5 or higher.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. It allowed local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1