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?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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 · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 28 March 2017
- 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
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.