CVE-2018-15685: Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

August 23, 2018 (updated October 3, 2019)

GitHub Electron is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.

References

electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/

Code Behaviors & Features

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