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CVE-2017-5671
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-29T14:59:00.377 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:00.837

Summary

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.

Affected products

honeywell — intermec_pc23_firmware

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References

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