CVE-2018-1000006

GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron…

published January 24, 2018

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High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 99.7th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
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EPSS
84%
Percentile
99.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.84381 · 99.7th percentile
Published
2018-01-24T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JAN 23:00Z
    GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron…
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