CVE-2016-1202: High severity vulnerability that affects electron

October 24, 2017 (updated September 13, 2021)

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.

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html
jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7
github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d
github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1202

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