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CVE-2017-16544
high
Description
In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used to get a list of filenames in a directory, does not sanitize filenames and results in executing any escape sequence in the terminal. This could potentially result in code execution, arbitrary file writes, or other attacks.
References
https://www.twistlock.com/2017/11/20/cve-2017-16544-busybox-autocompletion-vulnerability/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-240-01
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=c3797d40a1c57352192c6106cc0f435e7d9c11e8
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/39
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Aug/21
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/6
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154536/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0013.html