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
Published: 2017-10-18
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

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

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD 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
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

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-13083

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-13083

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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