UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16667

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16667
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16667.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16667
Upstream
Published
2017-11-08T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:36Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / backintime

Package

Name
backintime
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/backintime@1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.36-1
1.1.12-1
1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "backintime-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "backintime-gnome"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "backintime-kde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "backintime-qt4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / backintime

Package

Name
backintime
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/backintime@1.1.12-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.12-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2",
            "binary_name": "backintime-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2",
            "binary_name": "backintime-gnome"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2",
            "binary_name": "backintime-kde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.12-2",
            "binary_name": "backintime-qt4"
        }
    ]
}