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CVE-2017-16667

N/A

Published: November 8, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorBackintime

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Backintime · Backintime Project

95%

v < 1.1.24

Affected range stops below 1.1.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834

x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-78

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