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Downloads Resources over HTTP in windows-latestchromedriver

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 1, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm windows-latestchromedriver (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0.0.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Affected versions of windows-latestchromedriver insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running windows-latestchromedriver.

Recommendation

No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.

The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different package if available.

Alternatively, the risk of exploitation can be reduced by ensuring that this package is not installed while connected to a public network. If the package is installed on a private network, the only people who can exploit this vulnerability are those who have compromised your network or those who have privileged access to your ISP, such as Nation State Actors or Rogue ISP Employees.

References

Reviewed Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 1, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.175%
(55th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-10696

GHSA ID

GHSA-4ccc-jm2p-vg3p

Source code

No known source code
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