CVE-2017-13779

HIGH

Gstn India Goods And Services Tax Net... - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://tink2hack.blogspot.in/2017/09/writeup-of-cve-2017-13779-remote.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
gstn/india_goods_and_services_tax_network_offline_utility_tool < 1.1
Published Sep 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026