Akeo Consulting Rufus prior to version 2.17.1187 does not adequately validate the integrity of updates downloaded over HTTP, allowing an at…

published 2017-10-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4601

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/pbatard/rufus@c3c39f7 commit

Exploit prediction

0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Akeo Consulting Rufus

Classification

Weakness

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

References

github.com /pbatard/rufus/commit/c3c39f7f8a11f612c4ebf7affce25ec6928eb1cb
third-party-advisory
kb.cert.org /vuls/id/403768
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
github.com /pbatard/rufus/issues/1009
third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/100516
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-13083
NVD CVE-2017-13083

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Summary