VDB
CVE-2017-16667
CVE-2017-16667
PUBLISHED
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 0.44% · 63.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.44%
63.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | backintime | 0, 1.0.36-1, 1.1.12-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | backintime | 0, 1.1.12-2 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Nov 8, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2022 CVE Updated
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16667 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16667 third-party-advisory