CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-15685

GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/ Exploit VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-08-23 05:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-15685

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15685

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-1188

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource