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3.9 LOW
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
  • Privileges Required (PR): High (H)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): Low (L)
  • Integrity (I): Low (L)
  • Availability (A): Low (L)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): High (H)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): Low (L)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): Low (L)
  • Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)
created 2 months, 2 weeks ago Activity log
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Electron: Unquoted executable path in app.setLoginItemSettings on Windows

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, on Windows, app.setLoginItemSettings({openAtLogin: true}) wrote the executable path to the Run registry key without quoting. If the app is installed to a path containing spaces, an attacker with write access to an ancestor directory may be able to cause a different executable to run at login instead of the intended app. On a default Windows install, standard system directories are protected against writes by standard users, so exploitation typically requires a non-standard install location. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.

Affected products

electron
  • ==>= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1
  • ==< 38.8.6
  • ==>= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0
  • ==>= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8

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