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CVE-2018-1000136 Detail

Current Description

Electron version 1.7 up to 1.7.12; 1.8 up to 1.8.3 and 2.0.0 up to 2.0.0-beta.3 contains an improper handling of values vulnerability in Webviews that can result in remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via an app which allows execution of 3rd party code AND disallows node integration AND has not specified if webview is enabled/disabled. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.13, 1.8.4, 2.0.0-beta.4.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.1 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3.0 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.2

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
https://www.electronjs.org/blog/webview-fix Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-1000136---Electron-nodeIntegration-Bypass/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
1.7.0		Up to (including)
1.7.12
 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (excluding)
1.8.0		Up to (including)
1.8.3
 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1000136
NVD Published Date:
03/23/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/02/2019