CVE-2023-39956
Electron Physically Local File Path Injection Vulnerability
Description
Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Electron apps that are launched as command line executables are impacted. Specifically this issue can only be exploited if the following conditions are met: 1. The app is launched with an attacker-controlled working directory and 2. The attacker has the ability to write files to that working directory. This makes the risk quite low, in fact normally issues of this kind are considered outside of our threat model as similar to Chromium we exclude Physically Local Attacks but given the ability for this issue to bypass certain protections like ASAR Integrity it is being treated with higher importance. This issue has been fixed in versions:`26.0.0-beta.13`, `25.4.1`, `24.7.1`, `23.3.13`, and `22.3.19`. There are no app side workarounds, users must update to a patched version of Electron.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 6, 2023, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 12, 2023, 12:32 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.7
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2023-39956.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-7x97-j373-85x5 | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L Changed Reference Type https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-7x97-j373-85x5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-7x97-j373-85x5 Vendor Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.3.9 *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions from (including) 23.0.0 up to (excluding) 23.3.13 *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions from (including) 24.0.0 up to (excluding) 24.7.1 *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions from (including) 25.0.0 up to (excluding) 25.5.0 *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha7:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:alpha8:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta10:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta11:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta12:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta7:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta8:*:*:*:node.js:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:26.0.0:beta9:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-39956 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-39956
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.06977
percentile