HIGH
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line
Published Apr 25, 2016
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.43% 0.00431
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00431
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00431) | 35.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00431) | 34.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00153) | 33.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNVendor Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7 Advisory
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1202
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNVendor Advisory | |
| http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1202 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner jpcert
Published Apr 25, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 26, 2015
Link CVE-2016-1202
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-GVCJ-PFQ2-WXJ7 Updated n/a