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
Published Mar 29, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.40%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 10.10.011406
- ≤ 10.10.011406
- ≤ 10.10.011406
- ≤ 10.10.011406
- ≤ 10.10.011406
- ≤ 10.10.011406
- ≤ 10.10.011406
Running on/with
- n/a
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 71.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 68.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.51% (0.00507) | 64.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 18.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 77.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 77.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 75.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 54.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.92% (0.02920) | 64.90th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.92% (0.02920) | 64.57th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.92% (0.02920) | 80.95th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.92% (0.02920) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/ x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
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