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CVE-2017-16667 (GCVE-0-2017-16667)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:27
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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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2017-11-08 00:00
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