# CVE-2018-6353: The Python console in Electrum through 2.9.4 and 3.x through 3.0.5 supports arbitrary Python code without considering (1) social-engineering

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-01-27 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Python console in Electrum through 2.9.4 and 3.x through 3.0.5 supports arbitrary Python code without considering (1) social-engineering attacks in which a user pastes code that they do not understand and (2) code pasted by a physically proximate attacker at an unattended workstation, which makes it easier for attackers to steal Bitcoin via hook code that runs at a later time when the wallet password has been entered, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-1000022.

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/3678
- https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/3700

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