Description
GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a precondition; however, recent Electron versions do not have strict SOP enforcement. Combining an SOP bypass with a privileged URL internally used by Electron, it was possible to execute native Node.js primitives in order to run OS commands on the user's host. Specifically, a chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html window could be used to eval a Node.js child_process.execFile API call.
Published: 2017-08-06
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2989 GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a precondition; however, recent Electron versions do not have strict SOP enforcement. Combining an SOP bypass with a privileged URL internally used by Electron, it was possible to execute native Node.js primitives in order to run OS commands on the user's host. Specifically, a chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html window could be used to eval a Node.js child_process.execFile API call.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7fv9-m79r-j9x8 Electron vulnerable to remote command execution
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:43:56.211Z

Reserved: 2017-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12581

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-06T02:29:00.227

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-12581

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