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

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-479663
  • published 30 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 5 Apr 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 5 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-1202 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link 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.