{"cve":"CVE-2016-1202","nvd":{"published":"2016-04-25T18:59:01.073","modified":"2026-06-17T00:41:28.063","status":"Modified","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html","http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000054","https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a2e2b365d061ec10cd861391fd5b1344af7194d","https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/2976","http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00324715/index.html"],"products":["atom:electron"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-1202","score":0.00431,"percentile":0.37401,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7","summary":"High severity vulnerability that affects electron","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:22.066587Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","ranges":["<0.33.5"],"fixed":["0.33.5"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}