CVE-2017-16667

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16667
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-08T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-04-30T16:07:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:backintime_project:backintime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.1.24
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16667
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16667
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:53:56 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 22:51:53 2017-11-08T18:29Z 2017-11-08T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 22:51:53 2019-04-30T16:07:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 22:51:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated