CVE-2016-10624
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CVE-2016-10624 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. selenium-chromedriver is a simple utility for downloading the Selenium Webdriver for Google Chrome selenium-chromedriver downloads 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 estimates a 2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
selenium-chromedriver is a simple utility for downloading the Selenium Webdriver for Google Chrome selenium-chromedriver downloads 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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Selenium-Chromedriver Project | Selenium-Chromedriver | All versions |
References
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/222Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/222Third Party Advisory
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- Status
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