CVE-2017-1000424
mediumpriority · track · 17OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Github Electron version 1.6.4 - 1.6.11 and 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can control.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2Electron vulnerable to URL spoofing via PDFium2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
Electron version 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can control.
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008cnnvd
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/filescnnvd
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/filesenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/filesThird Party Advisorynvd
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