CVE-2016-1202

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1202
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-25 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-05-04 22:26:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Atom Electron All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Prevent Node from adding paths outside the app to search paths by zcbenz · Pull Request #2976 · electron/electron · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Merge pull request #2976 from atom/node_modules_paths · electron/electron@9a2e2b3 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
JVN#00324715: Electron may insecurely load Node modules JVN jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
JVNDB-2016-000054 JVNDB jvndb.jvn.jp Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

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