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CVE-2017-12581

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published8/6/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

electron:electron

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

References

https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.html(cve@mitre.org)
https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdf(cve@mitre.org)
https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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