PT-2018-6033 · Microsoft · Windows-Build-Tools

Published 2018-05-29 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16003

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: windows-build-tools versions prior to 1.0.0

Description: The issue concerns the insecure download of resources over HTTP, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. If an attacker is positioned on the network or between the user and the remote server, they may swap the requested resources with an attacker-controlled copy, potentially leading to remote code execution (RCE). This can occur when an attacker intercepts the response and replaces the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running the affected software.

Recommendations: Update to version 1.0.0 or later.

Fix

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-311

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16003

GHSA-9P47-W5XP-F4XR

Affected Products

Windows-Build-Tools

References · 8

• https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools/commit/9835d33e68f2cb5e4d148e954bb3ed0221d98e90 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9p47-w5xp-f4xr · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16003 · Security Note
• https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools/commit/9835d33e68f2cb5e4d148e954bb3ed0221d98e90) · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/304 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p47-w5xp-f4xr · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/304 · Note