What is CVE-2016-10694?

CVE-2016-10694 is a high-severity vulnerability in Alto-Saxophone Project, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-10694?

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

Vulnerability in Alto-Saxophone Project

CVE-2016-10694

alto-saxophone is a module to install and launch Chromedriver for Mac, Linux or Windows. alto-saxophone versions below 2.25.1 download 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: 0.021 (79.8th 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

Alto-saxophone_project Alto-saxophone
Hackerone Alto-saxophone Node Module — versions <2.25.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10694?: CVE-2016-10694 is a high-severity vulnerability in Alto-Saxophone Project, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-10694?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.