CVE-2017-13779

Summary

CVECVE-2017-13779
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-14 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-04 12:02:00 UTC
DescriptionGSTN_offline_tool in India Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Offline Utility tool before 1.2 executes winstart-server.vbs from the "C:\GST Offline Tool" directory, which has insecure permissions. This allows local users to gain privileges by replacing winstart-server.vbs with arbitrary VBScript code. For example, a local user could create VBScript code for a TCP reverse shell, and use that later for Remote Command Execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gstn India Goods And Services Tax Network Offline Utility Tool All All All All
Application Gtsn India Goods And Services Tax Network Offline Utility Tool All All All All

References

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Tink2hack MISC tink2hack.blogspot.in Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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