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Improper Access Control in atom-shell

CVE-2024-11114

  • atom-shell
  • chromium
  • chromiumembeddedframework.runtime
  • electron
  • electron-nightly
  • electron-prebuilt
  • org.webjars.npm:electron
  • org.webjars.npm:electron-prebuilt
High
8.3/10

Summary

Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Windows versions prior to 131.0.6778.69 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published