PT-2018-4753 · Amazon · Kindlegen

Published 2018-06-01 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2016-10575

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions kindlegen versions prior to 1.1.0

Description The issue allows for a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack due to the download of binary resources over HTTP. This could potentially lead to remote code execution (RCE) if an attacker intercepts the request and replaces the binary with a malicious one. This is particularly concerning in scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position.

Recommendations Update to version 1.1.0 or greater.

Fix

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

CWE-311

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10575

GHSA-H7PC-85CG-WMCH

Affected Products

Kindlegen

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10575 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h7pc-85cg-wmch · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10575 · Security Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/251 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/251 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7pc-85cg-wmch · Note