CVE-2017-5671 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain root privileges on Honeywell industrial printers by exploiting a setuid Lua binary to overwrite system files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-5671?
CVE-2017-5671 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5671?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Honeywell Intermec Pc23 Firmware, Honeywell Intermec Pc42 Firmware, Honeywell Intermec Pc43 Firmware, Honeywell Intermec Pd43 Firmware, Honeywell Intermec Pm23 Firmware, Honeywell Intermec Pm42 Firmware and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5671?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5671 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-5671 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5671 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pjq5-wxp4-r9pj.