CVE-2016-10624 selenium-chromedriver Downloads Resources over HTTP

High 8.1 Published Updated

Attackers can execute remote code by intercepting HTTP downloads of the ChromeDriver binary via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-10624?

CVE-2016-10624 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne selenium-chromedriver node module, published on 1 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

selenium-chromedriver is a simple utility for downloading the Selenium Webdriver for Google Chrome selenium-chromedriver downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Weakness: CWE-310, CWE-311

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10624?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including selenium-chromedriver. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
selenium-chromedriver npmAll versions to 0.0.2None
selenium-chromedriver npmAll versions to 0.0.2None

Products include Selenium-Chromedriver Project Selenium-Chromedriver.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10624?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10624 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q.

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