Chromedriver up to 2.26.0 on Node.js Download cryptographic issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Chromedriver up to 2.26.0 on Node.js. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Download. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-10579. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Chromedriver up to 2.26.0 on Node.js (JavaScript Library). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Download. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Chromedriver is an NPM wrapper for selenium ChromeDriver. Chromedriver before 2.26.1 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.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2016. The weakness was published 06/01/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nodesecurity.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-10579 since 10/29/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 530 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.26.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• JavaScript Library

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• Chromedriver

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26.0

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