How severe is CVE-2017-16667?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-16667?

This is classified as CWE-78, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2017-16667

HIGH Year: 2017

CVSS v3 Score

7.8

High

CVSS v2 Score

9.3

Critical

Weakness Type

CWE-78

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Vulnerability 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.

CVE-2013-0517

HIGH

CVSS:7.8(High)

A Command Execution Vulnerability exists in IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 2.2.0, 2.3.01, 2.4.0, and 2.4.1 via an unspecified OS command, which could let a local malicious user execute ar...

CWE-782013

CVE-2015-6396

HIGH

CVSS:7.8(High)

The CLI command parser on Cisco RV110W, RV130W, and RV215W devices allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands as an administrator via crafted parameters, aka Bug IDs CSCuv90134, CSCux58161...

CWE-782015

CVE-2016-10320

HIGH

CVSS:7.8(High)

textract before 1.5.0 allows OS Command Injection attacks via a filename in a call to the process function. This may be a remote attack if a web application accepts names of arbitrary uploaded files.

CWE-782016

CVE-2016-1339

HIGH

CVSS:7.8(High)

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Platform Emulator 2.5(2)TS4, 3.0(2c)A, and 3.0(2c)TS9 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted arguments on a ucspe-copy command line, aka Bug ID CSCux688...

CWE-782016