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CVE-2016-1202

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan ho

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00057
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules2 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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atom electron<= 0.33.4
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
npm electron HIGH fixed in 0.33.5
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumPotentially Suspicious Electron Application CommandLine
productmediumSuspicious Electron Application Child Processes
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · vultures@jpcert.or.jp
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD25 Apr 2016 · 06:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.htmlVendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976
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