CVE-2016-1202

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1202
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerjpcert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-25 18:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Atom Electron All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Prevent Node from adding paths outside the app to search paths by zcbenz · Pull Request #2976 · electron/electron · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Merge pull request #2976 from atom/node_modules_paths · electron/electron@9a2e2b3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvndb.jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
JVN#00324715: Electron may insecurely load Node modules af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981076 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for electron (GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7)
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