CVE-2016-1202
High severity vulnerability that affects electron
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.
How to fix CVE-2016-1202
To remediate CVE-2016-1202, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- npm/electron—upgrade to 0.33.5 or later
Is CVE-2016-1202 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.33.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |