Electron protocol handler browser vulnerable to Command Injection
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Mar 26, 2018
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 9, 2023
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Mar 26, 2018
Reviewed
Jun 16, 2020
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their browser. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Electron 1.8.2-beta.5. This issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1000006, specifically the black list used was not case insensitive allowing an attacker to potentially bypass it.
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