Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-1000424 · published 2 January 2018

CVE-2017-1000424: Atom electron vulnerability

Atom · Electron

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.

4.3 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.98% · top 39.2%

4.3CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3

0.98%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

4References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Electron Atom

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files	Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-1000424), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.