Affected versions of selenium-download insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running selenium-download.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.0.7 or later.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10559
• GHSA-2mvm-66q7-m256
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/164