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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2016-1202

Deferred

Source-vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Published At-25 Apr, 2016 | 18:59

Updated At-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	7.2	HIGH	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CPE Matches

Electron (OpenJS Foundation)

>>electron>>Versions up to 0.33.4(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:atom:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

Evaluator Description

CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html	vultures@jpcert.or.jp	Vendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054	vultures@jpcert.or.jp	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d	vultures@jpcert.or.jp	N/A
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976	vultures@jpcert.or.jp	N/A
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Vendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A

CISA Catalog

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