CVE-2018-1000006
High · 8.8CVSS
8.8
EPSS
84.4%
Published
Jan 24, 2018
CISA due date
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The record
GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | electron | 1.6.0 | 1.6.16 |
| npm | electron | 1.6.15 | No fix |
| npm | electron | 1.7.0 | 1.7.11 |
| npm | electron | 1.8.0 | 1.8.2-beta.4 |
| npm | electron | 1.8.2 | No fix |
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