CVE-2017-12581

GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a precondition; however, recent Electron versions do not have strict SOP enforcement. Combining an SOP bypass with a privileged URL internally used by Electron, it was possible to execute native Node.js primitives in order to run OS commands on the user's host. Specifically, a chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html window could be used to eval a Node.js child_process.execFile API call.

• CWE-78

• https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 6, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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