ubuntu-cve-2017-16667
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-11-08 18:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:46
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-common",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-gnome",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-kde",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-qt4",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "backintime",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/backintime@1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0.36-1",
        "1.1.12-1",
        "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-common",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-gnome",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-kde",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "backintime-qt4",
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "backintime",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/backintime@1.1.12-2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1.12-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the \u0027notify-send\u0027 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16667",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:46:36Z",
  "published": "2017-11-08T18:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16667"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16667"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-16667"
  ]
}



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