CVE-2016-1202 - OpenCVE

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Atom	Electron

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:atom:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2016-04-25T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:48:13.547Z

Reserved: 2015-12-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1202

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-04-25T18:59:01.073

Modified: 2016-05-04T22:26:25.743

Link: CVE-2016-1202

Redhat

No data.

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