CVE-2016-10557: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

appium-chromedriver is a Node.js wrapper around Chromedriver. Versions below 2.9.4 download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves the module vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution RCE by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary...

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attacks

appium-chromedriver is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. The library downloads binaries via HTTP, allowing a malicious user to swap out the requested binary with another binary for the system to execute...