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CVE-2017-12581

GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a precondition; however, recent Electron versions do not have strict SOP enforcement. Combining an SOP bypass with a privileged URL internally used by Electron, it was possible to execute native Node.js primitives in order to run OS commands on the user's host. Specifically, a chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html window could be used to eval a Node.js child_process.execFile API call.

  • Published: Aug 6, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-12581
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.1
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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