CVE-2017-16667
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-16667
To remediate CVE-2017-16667, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.1.24-0.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-16667 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.1.24-0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |