{"id":"CVE-2017-1000424","aliases":["GHSA-6h98-cf9g-vmg2"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000424","summary":"Electron vulnerable to URL spoofing via PDFium","details":"Github Electron version 1.6.4 - 1.6.11 and 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can control.","published":"2018-01-02T20:29:00.283Z","modified":"2026-08-07T14:48:40.313027Z","cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.00982,"percentile":0.60552,"asOf":"2026-09-16"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":2,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electron","fixedVersion":"1.7.6"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008","label":"electron/electron#10008"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000424"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.7.6"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-07T14:48:40.313027Z"}}