CVE-2017-16667

Published Nov 8, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7851 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:27 PM
Reserved
Nov 8, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 8, 2017, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:09 AM