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CVE-2020-1889
published 2020-09-03

CVE-2020-1889: A security feature bypass issue in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to v0.3.4932 could have allowed for sandbox escape in Electron and escalation of privilege…

PriorityP264critical10CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSCCHIHAH
EPSS
4.78%
90.8th percentile
A security feature bypass issue in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to v0.3.4932 could have allowed for sandbox escape in Electron and escalation of privilege if combined with a remote code execution vulnerability inside the sandboxed renderer process.

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
facebookwhatsapp_desktop
facebookwhatsapp_desktop>= unspecified < 0.3.49320.3.4932
whatsappwhatsapp_desktop< 0.3.49320.3.4932

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.110.0CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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