8.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-5671
Honeywell Intermec Industrial Printers Root Privilege Escalation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 29, 2017, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:28 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5671 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Honeywell intermec_pc23_firmware
2 Honeywell intermec_pc42_firmware
3 Honeywell intermec_pc43_firmware
4 Honeywell intermec_pd43_firmware
5 Honeywell intermec_pm23_firmware
6 Honeywell intermec_pm42_firmware
7 Honeywell intermec_pm43_firmware
8 Honeywell intermec_pc23
9 Honeywell intermec_pc42
10 Honeywell intermec_pc43
11 Honeywell intermec_pd43
12 Honeywell intermec_pm23
13 Honeywell intermec_pm42
14 Honeywell intermec_pm43

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-5671 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236
    Added Reference https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/
    Added Reference https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-269
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf No Types Assigned https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf No Types Assigned http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/ No Types Assigned https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:intermec_pc23_firmware:10.10.011406:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:intermec_pc42_firmware:10.10.011406:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:intermec_pc43_firmware:10.10.011406:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:intermec_pd43_firmware:10.10.011406:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:intermec_pm23_firmware:10.10.011406:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:intermec_pm42_firmware:10.10.011406:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:intermec_pm43_firmware:10.10.011406:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:h:honeywell:intermec_pc23:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:honeywell:intermec_pc42:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:honeywell:intermec_pc43:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:honeywell:intermec_pd43:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:honeywell:intermec_pm23:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:honeywell:intermec_pm42:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:honeywell:intermec_pm43:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.12672

percentile

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