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Vulnerability details: VCID-zx65-s3ep-kqhg
Vulnerability ID VCID-zx65-s3ep-kqhg
Aliases CVE-2017-1000424
GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2
Summary Electron vulnerable to URL spoofing via PDFium 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
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cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/electron/electron
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/electron/electron
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.7.6
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.7.6
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
cvssv3 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000424
https://github.com/electron/electron
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.7.6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
cpe:2.3:a:atom:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:atom:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/electron/electron
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

low

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required

unchanged

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high

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.7.6
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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low

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

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low

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

low

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none

required

unchanged

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.50503
EPSS Score 0.00273
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:11:09.975454+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2/GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2.json 37.0.0