Description

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.

Remediation

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054

https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d

https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976

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Severity

High

Classification

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

Tags

Vendor Advisory NVD-CWE-Other