CVE - CVE-2017-16667

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-16667	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3 CONFIRM:https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834 CONFIRM:https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24 GENTOO:GLSA-201801-06 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20171108	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20171108)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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