CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-13779
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
GSTN_offline_tool in India Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Offline Utility tool before 1.2 executes winstart-server.vbs from the "C:\GST Offline Tool" directory, which has insecure permissions. This allows local users to gain privileges by replacing winstart-server.vbs with arbitrary VBScript code. For example, a local user could create VBScript code for a TCP reverse shell, and use that later for Remote Command Execution.
Affected configurations
• gstn india goods and services tax network offline utility tool (<= 1.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- https://tink2hack.blogspot.in/2017/09/writeup-of-cve-2017-13779-remote.html Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://tink2hack.blogspot.in/2017/09/writeup-of-cve-2017-13779-remote.html Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory