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CVE-2017-5671

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

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

• Honeywell Intermec Pc23 Firmware: through 10.10.011406
• Honeywell Intermec Pc42 Firmware: through 10.10.011406
• Honeywell Intermec Pc43 Firmware: through 10.10.011406
• Honeywell Intermec Pd43 Firmware: through 10.10.011406
• Honeywell Intermec Pm23 Firmware: through 10.10.011406
• Honeywell Intermec Pm42 Firmware: through 10.10.011406
• Honeywell Intermec Pm43 Firmware: through 10.10.011406

References

• 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/

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