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CVE-2016-1202
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module…
High7.8EPSS 0.43%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jpcert
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmelectronGHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVNDB-2016-000054 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVN#00324715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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