CVE-2017-5671
What it is
Honeywell Intermec PM23, PM42, PM43, PC23, PC43, PD43, and PC42 industrial printers before 10.11.013310 and 10.12.x before 10.12.013309 have /usr/bin/lua installed setuid to the itadmin account, which allows local users to conduct a BusyBox jailbreak attack and obtain root privileges by overwriting the /etc/shadow file.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Honeywell Intermec pc23 Firmware ≤ 10.10.011406
- Honeywell Intermec pc42 Firmware ≤ 10.10.011406
- Honeywell Intermec pc43 Firmware ≤ 10.10.011406
- Honeywell Intermec pd43 Firmware ≤ 10.10.011406
- Honeywell Intermec pm23 Firmware ≤ 10.10.011406
- Honeywell Intermec pm42 Firmware ≤ 10.10.011406
- Honeywell Intermec pm43 Firmware ≤ 10.10.011406
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 8.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2017-5671.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2017-5671. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/
- https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf
- https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/
- https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf
References
- http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236
- https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/
- https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/
- http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236
- https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/
- https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/