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CVE-2016-3180

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

Tor Browser Launcher (aka torbrowser-launcher) before 0.2.4, during the initial run, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the PGP signature verification and execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse tar file and a signature file with the valid tarball and signature.

Affected products

• Tor Browser Launcher Project Tor Browser Launcher: 0.2.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96140
• https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/229
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96140
• https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/229

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