CVE-2017-16667

Name	CVE-2017-16667
Description	backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the 'notify-send' command, leading to some parts of file paths being executed as shell commands within an os.system call in qt4/plugins/notifyplugin.py. This could allow an attacker to craft an unreadable file with a specific name to run arbitrary shell commands.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	881205

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
backintime (PTS)	bullseye	1.2.1-3	fixed
	bookworm	1.3.3-4	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	1.5.5-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
backintime	source	wheezy	(not affected)
backintime	source	(unstable)	1.1.24-0.1			881205

Notes

[stretch] - backintime <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - backintime <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - backintime <not-affected> (Vulnerable code does not exist)
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/834
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/commit/cef81d0da93ff601252607df3db1a48f7f6f01b3