fix(electron-updater): escape quotes instead of throwing an error #5116
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Descriptions
This dead150 commit was added as a security measure to avoid command injection when we use downloaded file path that contains quotes when running powershell command.
e.g:
Get-AuthenticodeSignature 'C:\\path\\my-bad-';calc;'filename.exe'
will start a calculator app.Banning the quotes does stop the command injection, however it also introduce unwanted behavior when performing an update, an example, when the user's path contains a quote, update will never be installed. See: #4889
This PR
Fixes #4889 by escaping the quotation as per windows powershell documentation.
e.g.
Also when there is a command injection
The calculator app will not be opened.