What is CVE-2016-10579?

CVE-2016-10579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chromedriver Project, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10579?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Chromedriver Project

CVE-2016-10579

Chromedriver is an NPM wrapper for selenium ChromeDriver. Chromedriver before 2.26.1 downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Chromedriver_project Chromedriver
Hackerone Chromedriver Node Module — versions <2.26.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10579?: CVE-2016-10579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chromedriver Project, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10579?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.