CVE•Published 2017-10-18•Modified 2026-04-07•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2017-13083Akeo · Rufus

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 70% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

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

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

Timeline

Published 2017-10-18

Modified 2026-04-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2017-13083

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Akeo Rufus"

All exposed Akeo Rufus instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Rufus"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Rufus" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2017-13083