CVE-2017-12581

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-12581
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-06T02:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-14T12:04:27
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:electron:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.6.7
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.html Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12581
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12581
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:03:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:23:31 2017-08-06T02:29Z 2017-08-06T02:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:23:31 2017-08-14T12:04:27 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:23:31 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated