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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTlwNDctdzV4cC1mNHhy
windows-build-tools downloads Resources over HTTP
Affected versions of windows-build-tools
insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.
In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running windows-build-tools
.
Recommendation
Update to version 1.0.0 or later.
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 6 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 8.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Identifiers: GHSA-9p47-w5xp-f4xr, CVE-2017-16003
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16003
- https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools/commit/9835d33e68f2cb5e4d148e954bb3ed0221d98e90)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p47-w5xp-f4xr
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/304
- https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools/commit/9835d33e68f2cb5e4d148e954bb3ed0221d98e90
Blast Radius: 15.9
Affected Packages
npm:windows-build-tools
Dependent packages: 15Dependent repositories: 92
Downloads: 29,955 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 1.0.0
Fixed in: 1.0.0
All affected versions: 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5, 0.1.6, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.5, 0.2.6, 0.2.7, 0.2.8, 0.2.9, 0.2.10, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.7.0
All unaffected versions: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.3.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.0, 4.0.0, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 5.2.2