CVE-2017-5671

high

Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/

https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf

https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/

http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-29

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00507