What is GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256?

GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Downloads Resources over HTTP in selenium-download

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256 cover?

GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-10559. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256?

GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256 affects 1 product, including: npm/selenium-download:\u003c 2.0.7.

GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256High

Downloads Resources over HTTP in selenium-download

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 18, 2019

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-10559 →

📋 Description

Affected versions of selenium-download insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running selenium-download.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.0.7 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/selenium-download:< 2.0.7

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10559
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/164