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Code Signing Bypass on Windows in electron-updater < 6.3.0-alpha.6

CVE-2024-39698 First seen on SecPulse
Original description The description as published by the source.

electron-updater allows for automatic updates for Electron apps. The file packages/electron-updater/src/windowsExecutableCodeSignatureVerifier.ts implements the signature validation routine for Electron applications on Windows. Because of the surrounding shell, a first pass by cmd.exe expands any environment variable found in command-line above. This creates a situation where verifySignature() can be tricked into validating the certificate of a different file than the one that was just downloaded. If the step is successful, the malicious update will be executed even if its signature is invalid. This attack assumes a compromised update manifest (server compromise, Man-in-the-Middle attack if fetched over HTTP, Cross-Site Scripting to point the application to a malicious updater server, etc.). The patch is available starting from 6.3.0-alpha.6.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

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