CVE-2017-5671
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- honeywell/intermec pc23 firmware · honeywell/intermec pc42 firmware · honeywell/intermec pc43 firmware · honeywell/intermec pd43 firmware · honeywell/intermec pm23 firmware · honeywell/intermec pm42 firmware · honeywell/intermec pm43 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdfRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/
- http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdfRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.