CVE-2017-13083

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-13083
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-18 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-07 13:07:23 UTC
DescriptionAkeo 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

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001140000 probability, percentile 0.299470000 (date 2026-04-07)

Problem Types: CWE-295 | CWE-345 | CWE-347 | CWE-494 | CWE-295 CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation | CWE-494 CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check | CWE-345 CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity | CWE-347 CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.0CNADECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Akeo Rufus All b1186 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Akeo Consulting Rufus affected prior to 2.17.1187 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Note VU#403768 - Akeo Consulting Rufus fails to update itself securely af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Akeo Consulting Rufus CVE-2017-13083 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ER: Avoid prompts that users may not properly intepret on update signature validation · Issue #1009 · pbatard/rufus · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
[pki] fix https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403768 · pbatard/rufus@c3c39f7 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Reported by Will Dormann of the CERT/CC (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Workarounds

CNA: Manually download updates from https://rufus.akeo.ie/

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