CVE-2018-1000118

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their browser. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Electron 1.8.2-beta.5. This issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1000006, specifically the black list used was not case insensitive allowing an attacker to potentially bypass it.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-1000118
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-03-07T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-04-20T13:07:03
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:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.8.1
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.2:beta.1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.2:beta.2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.2:beta.3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.2:beta.4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ce361a12e355f9e1e99c989f1ea056c9e502dbe7 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://electronjs.org/releases#1.8.2-beta.5 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000118
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000118
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:45:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 03:05:35 2018-03-07T14:29Z 2018-03-07T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 03:05:35 2018-04-20T13:07:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 03:05:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated