CVE-2017-5671

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5671
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-29 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionHoneywell 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-269 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Honeywell Intermec Pc23 - All All All
Operating System Honeywell Intermec Pc23 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Honeywell Intermec Pc42 - All All All
Operating System Honeywell Intermec Pc42 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Honeywell Intermec Pc43 - All All All
Operating System Honeywell Intermec Pc43 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Honeywell Intermec Pd43 - All All All
Operating System Honeywell Intermec Pd43 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Honeywell Intermec Pm23 - All All All
Operating System Honeywell Intermec Pm23 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Honeywell Intermec Pm42 - All All All
Operating System Honeywell Intermec Pm42 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Honeywell Intermec Pm43 - All All All
Operating System Honeywell Intermec Pm43 Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Intermec PM43 Industrial Printer - Local Privilege Escalation - Hardware local Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
exploit/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf at master · kmkz/exploit · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
Honeywell Intermec Industrial Printers CVE-2017-5671 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Intermec Industrial Printers Local root with Busybox jailbreak – CVE-2017-5671 - Akerva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 akerva.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
503 Service Unavailable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 apps.intermec.com Release Notes
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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