SB2018060726 - Code Injection in Electron Electron
Published: June 7, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018060726
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16151)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.