CVE-2016-1202
N/A
Published: April 25, 2016 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElectron
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194dQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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