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CVE-2017-16667
Published: Nov 8, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
GLSA-201801-06
vendor-advisory
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https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834
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https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24
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