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CVE-2018-1000006

Published: Jan 24, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

exploit

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https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4

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https://medium.com/%40Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c374

x_refsource_MISC

https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fix

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vdb-entry

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exploit

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