CVE-2018-15685 - Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.

GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Electronjs Electron

First reported 6 years ago

2018-08-23 05:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Electronjs Electron 1.7.15

1.7.15

Electronjs Electron 1.8.7

1.8.7

Electronjs Electron 2.0.7

2.0.7

Electronjs Electron 3.0.0 Beta 6

3.0.0

References

https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

45272

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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