CVE-2018-1000022

low-risk

Published 2018-02-09

Electrum Technologies GmbH Electrum Bitcoin Wallet version prior to version 3.0.5 contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability in JSONRPC interface that can result in Bitcoin theft, if the user's wallet is not password protected. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must visit a web page with specially crafted javascript. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.0.5.

Do I need to act?

0.16% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.3/10 Medium

NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Bitcoin Wallet

Affected Vendors

Electrum

References (8)

Third Party Advisory https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2702103.0

Product https://electrum.org/#home

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/3374

Third Party Advisory https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7ooack/critical_electrum_vulnerability...

Third Party Advisory https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2702103.0

Product https://electrum.org/#home

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/3374

Third Party Advisory https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7ooack/critical_electrum_vulnerability...

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low-risk

Severity 17/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal