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7.8high

CVE-2017-16667

backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the 'notify-send' command, lea…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
0
none known

backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the 'notify-send' command, leading to some parts of file paths being executed as shell commands within an os.system call in qt4/plugins/notifyplugin.py. This could allow an attacker to craft an unreadable file with a specific name to run arbitrary shell commands.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.46% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

  • github.com /bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201801-06 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • github.com /bit-team/backintime/issues/834 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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