TI-2017-10050 Aliases CVE-2017-13779 GHSA-hpj2-fvgp-gjcx

GSTN_offline_tool in India Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Offline Utility tool…

LOW 37CWE-732Published 2017-09-14 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01222 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gstn:india_goods_and_services_tax_network_offline_utility_tool::::::::	up to 1.1	Vulnerable	Gstn

cpe:2.3:a:gstn:india_goods_and_services_tax_network_offline_utility_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.1 Vulnerable ·Gstn

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-13779
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hpj2-fvgp-gjcx

References

Exploit 1

https://tink2hack.blogspot.in/2017/09/writeup-of-cve-2017-13779-remote.html

Sources

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