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CVE-2017-1000424

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000424 describes a URL spoofing vulnerability in GitHub Electron versions 1.6.4-1.6.11 and 1.7.0-1.7.5, specifically when opening PDFs using PDFium. This flaw allows an attacker to control arbitrary PDF content loaded by a user. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability. Its EPSS score is very low, suggesting a minimal likelihood of exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received no community discussion or media coverage, further indicating a low level of attention and perceived threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.6.4, <= 1.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atom:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.7.0, <= 1.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atom:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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: ElectronFixed in: 1.7.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2medium

Electron vulnerable to URL spoofing via PDFium

May 13, 2022

References

github.com / electron/electron/pull/10008
Third Party Advisory
github.com / electron/electron/pull/10008/files
Third Party Advisory