CVE-2017-16667

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability—

ProductBackintime

PublishedNov 8, 2017

First seenNov 8, 2017

How to fix

Update

backintime_project backintime1.1.24 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
backintime_project backintime	v < 1.1.24	1.1.24

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