CVE-2021-39184: Sandboxed renderers can obtain thumbnails of arbitrary files through the nativeImage API
Affected: electron · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 64% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 11.5.0, 12.1.0, and 13.3.0 allows a sandboxed renderer to request a "thumbnail" image of an arbitrary file on the user's system. The thumbnail can potentially include significant parts of the original file, including textual data in many cases. Versions 15.0.0-alpha.10, 14.0.0, 13.3.0, 12.1.0, and 11.5.0 all contain a fix for the vulnerability. Two workarounds aside from upgrading are available. One may make the vulnerability significantly more difficult for an attacker to exploit by enabling `contextIsolation` in one's app. One may also disable the functionality of the `createThumbnailFromPath` API if one does not need it.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- electron · electron< 11.5.0; >= 12.0.0, < 12.1.0; >= 13.0.0, < 13.3.0
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- electron
- Published
- October 2021
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