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HIGH · 8.1

CVE-2016-10679

selenium-standalone-painful installs a start-selenium command line to start a standalone selenium server with chrome-driver. selenium-standalone-painful downloads binary resources over HTTP, which lea...

Vulnerability Description

selenium-standalone-painful installs a start-selenium command line to start a standalone selenium server with chrome-driver. selenium-standalone-painful 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 resources with an attacker controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

CVSS Score

8.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Selenium-Standalone-Painful ProjectSelenium-Standalone-Painful<= 2.39.0-2.7.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-310CWE-311

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2016-10679?

CVE-2016-10679 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH). selenium-standalone-painful installs a start-selenium command line to start a standalone selenium server with chrome-driver. selenium-standalone-painful downloads binary resources over HTTP, which lea...

How severe is CVE-2016-10679?

CVE-2016-10679 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 8.1/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2016-10679?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Selenium-Standalone-Painful Project Selenium-Standalone-Painful.