CVE-2018-1000006

EPSS 84.4%

Vexday Risk Score

62High priority

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

Exploit maturity

Functional exploit

Popular PoC on GitHub (39 stars) — exploitation code widely available.

CVSS —EPSS 84.4%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit simPatch —

Lifecycle

24 Jan 2018Published on NVD

25 Jan 2018Metasploit module available

25 Jan 2018Public PoC

Weaponization speed

same dayto first PoC

same dayto Metasploit module

Weaponized quickly — attackers prioritized this vulnerability. Patch urgently.

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

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

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 5

githubgithub.com/CHYbeta/CVE-2018-1000006-DEMO★ 39 cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/unverified cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357/unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44357unverified

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

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