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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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:04.469Z
Reserved: 2017-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-16667
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-11-08T18:29:00.247
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-16667
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD