CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16667
backintime: CVE-2017-16667
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.46% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | backintime | sid | 1.6.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | backintime | forky | 1.6.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | backintime | trixie | 1.5.5-1 | fixed |
| Debian | backintime | bookworm | 1.3.3-4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | backintime | 16.04 | 1.0.36-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | backintime | 16.04 | 1.1.12-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | backintime | 16.04 | 1.1.12-2~build0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | backintime | 18.04 | 1.1.12-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | backintime | source | sid | 1.1.24-0.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [881205] |
| Debian | backintime | source | forky | 1.1.24-0.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [881205] |
| Debian | backintime | source | trixie | 1.1.24-0.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [881205] |
| Debian | backintime | source | bookworm | 1.1.24-0.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [881205] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [backintime-common]Fixed
Source package: [backintime]
Details (2)
1.3.3-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · bookworm; dsa · backintime · debian · 12
1.3.3-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · bookworm; dsa · backintime · debian · 12
- [backintime-qt]Fixed
Source package: [backintime]
Details (2)
1.3.3-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · bookworm; dsa · backintime · debian · 12
1.3.3-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · bookworm; dsa · backintime · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [backintime-common]Fixed
Source package: [backintime]
Details (2)
1.5.5-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · 13
1.5.5-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · 13
- [backintime-qt]Fixed
Source package: [backintime]
Details (2)
1.5.5-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · 13
1.5.5-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.1.24-0.1dsa · backintime · debian · 13
Observed: