CVE-2018-15685

GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/	Exploit VDB Entry Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-08-23 05:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2018-15685

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15685

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-15685

JSON object : View

Products Affected

electronjs

electron

CWE

CWE-1188

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

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