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CVE-2017-13083
Akeo Consulting Rufus prior to version 2.17.1187 does not adequately validate the integrity of updates downloaded over HTTP, allowing an…
Medium5.3EPSS 0.96%
- Published
- Updated
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- certcc
Description
Akeo Consulting Rufus prior to version 2.17.1187 does not adequately validate the integrity of updates downloaded over HTTP, allowing an attacker to easily convince a user to execute arbitrary code
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| certccCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.96% · top 38% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-295 and its CVEs
- CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-494 and its CVEs
- CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-345 and its CVEs
- CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-347 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected prior to 2.17.1187
What to do
Workaround: Manually download updates from https://rufus.akeo.ie/
References (4)
- VU#403768 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/1009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 100516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/commit/c3c39f7f8a11f612c4ebf7affce25ec6928eb1cb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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