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CVE-2016-10557

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10557 affects appium-chromedriver versions below 2.9.4, where the module insecurely downloads binary resources over HTTP. This vulnerability allows for Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks, potentially leading to remote code execution (RCE) if an attacker can swap legitimate binaries with malicious ones. Rated 8.1 HIGH, it has a network attack vector with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appium:appium-chromedriver:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: appium-chromedriverFixed in: 2.9.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-hc94-2wfr-4pwfhigh

appium-chromedriver downloads Resources over HTTP

Feb 18, 2019

References

nodesecurity.io / advisories/162
Third Party Advisory