Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [0,]
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.14% (49th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-479666
- published 12 Mar 2018
- disclosed 7 Mar 2018
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 7 Mar 2018
CVE-2018-1000118 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for org.webjars.npm:electron
.
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 Arbitrary Code Execution. It appears to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their browser.
This issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1000006, specifically the black list used was not case insensitive allowing an attacker to potentially bypass it.