FKIE_CVE-2017-16667

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-08 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:09
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
backintime_project backintime *
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