9.3

CVE-2018-1000118: electronjs electron OS Command Injection

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-fjqr-fx3f-g4rv
Published 07-03-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1000118 is a high (CVSS 9.3) OS Command Injection vulnerability in electronjs electron. EPSS estimates a 2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their browser. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Electron 1.8.2-beta.5. This issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1000006, specifically the black list used was not case insensitive allowing an attacker to potentially bypass it.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.40% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Electronjs1 product
  • electron≤ 1.8.1 | 1.8.2:beta.1 | 1.8.2:beta.2 | 1.8.2:beta.3 | 1.8.2:beta.4
Npm1 product
  • electron< 1.8.2-beta5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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