Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-5671

Title: Honeywell Intermec Pc43 Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-5671

CWE Category CWE-269

Published Date Mar 29, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.40%

Vulnerability Summary

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 attack and obtain root privileges by overwriting the /etc/shadow file.

Impacted Vendors

honeywell 7

Reference Links

http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236 https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/ https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/ http://apps.intermec.com/downloads/eps_download/Firmware%20Release%20Notes%20x10_11_013310.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236 https://akerva.com/blog/intermec-industrial-printers-local-root-with-busybox-jailbreak/ https://github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/CVE-2017-5671-Credits.pdf https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns