CVE-2017-13083 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00114.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Akeo Consulting

Rufus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`prior to 2.17.1187`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:akeo:rufus:*:b1186:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Akeo Subscribe	Rufus Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4601	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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

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

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403768
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100516
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/commit/c3c39f7f8a11f612c4ebf7affce25ec6928eb1cb
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/1009

History

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Akeo Akeo rufus
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:rufus_project:rufus::b1186::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:akeo:rufus::b1186::::::*
Vendors & Products	Rufus Project Rufus Project rufus	Akeo Akeo rufus

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-10-18T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:58:12.360Z

Reserved: 2017-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-13083

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-18T13:29:00.193

Modified: 2026-04-07T13:07:23.397

Link: CVE-2017-13083

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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