CVE-2018-1000006 — GitHub Electron versions 1

GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution

01What is this vulnerability?

GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-01-24T23:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T12:33:49.215Z

09References

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/
• github.com — https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4
• medium.com — https://medium.com/%40Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c37…
• electronjs.org — https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fix
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102796
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357/