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CVE-2017-16667

CVE-2017-16667 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

EPSS 1.46% · 71.7th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.46%
71.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSbackintime0, 1.0.36-1, 1.1.12-1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSbackintime0, 1.1.12-2

Timeline

  • Nov 8, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
  • May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 10, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score

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