High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-16667

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 products

Backintime Project/Backintime
cpe:2.3:a:backintime_project:backintime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <1.1.24

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834nvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.1.24nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06nvdThird Party Advisory

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