PT-2018-4841 · Microsoft · Wix Toolset

Published 2018-06-04 · Updated 2020-06-17 · CVE-2016-10663

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 wixtoolset (affected versions not specified)

Description The wixtoolset is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks due to downloading binary resources over HTTP. This could lead to remote code execution (RCE) if an attacker intercepts the response and replaces the executable with a malicious one. The vulnerability can be exploited when an attacker has a privileged network position.

Recommendations To mitigate the issue, avoid using the wixtoolset package if possible, and consider using a different package instead. As a temporary workaround, ensure that the package is not installed while connected to a public network to reduce the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-311

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10663

GHSA-CR8H-X88H-JWJ2

Affected Products

Wix Toolset

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cr8h-x88h-jwj2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10663 · Security Note
• https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/6187 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/264 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cr8h-x88h-jwj2 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/264 · Note