CVE-2017-16667

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    CVE-2017-16667

    Published: 8 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834, https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06, https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -52051a69451fc9fbf6c07e934c615116cd33e4d3

    Affected versions

    v1.1.22
    v1.1.20
    v1.1.18
    v1.1.16
    v1.1.14
    v1.1.12
    v1.1.10
    v1.1.8
    v1.1.6
    v1.1.4
    v1.1.2
    v1.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High