GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/02/GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q/GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q
- Aliases
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- CVE-2016-10624
- Published
- 2019-02-18T23:47:27Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-08T03:58:16Z
- Severity
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- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- selenium-chromedriver Downloads Resources over HTTP
- Details
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Affected versions of
selenium-chromedriverinsecurely 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
selenium-chromedriver.Recommendation
No patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the author has marked the package as deprecated.
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 yo
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-311" ], "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:23:02Z", "nvd_published_at": null, "severity": "HIGH" }- References
Affected packages
npm / selenium-chromedriver
Package
- Name
- selenium-chromedriver
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/selenium-chromedriver