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CVE-2016-1202

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Date: April 25, 2016

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.

Language: C++

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Related Resources (8)

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1202
https://github.com/electron/electron
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1202

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Untrusted Search Path

CWE-426

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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