What is CVE-2018-1000118?

CVE-2018-1000118 is a high-severity vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000118?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-1000118 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Electronjs Electron

CVE-2018-1000118

Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their browser. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Electron 1.8.2-beta.5. This issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1000006, specifically the black list used was not case insensitive allowing an attacker to potentially bypass it.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.024 (82.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Electronjs Electron — versions 1.8.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000118?: CVE-2018-1000118 is a high-severity vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000118?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-1000118 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.