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CVE-2018-1000006

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 84.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

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.

Affected products

• Atom Electron: through 1.7.10; through 1.6.15; 1.8.2-beta1, 1.8.2-beta2, 1.8.2-beta3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102796
• https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fix
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4
• https://medium.com/%40Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c374
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102796
• https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fix
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4
• https://medium.com/%40Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c374
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357/

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