CVE-2017-16544 (GCVE-0-2017-16544)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-20 15:00
Modified
2025-06-09 15:35
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used to get a list of filenames in a directory, does not sanitize filenames and results in executing any escape sequence in the terminal. This could potentially result in code execution, arbitrary file writes, or other attacks.
References
https://www.twistlock.com/2017/11/20/cve-2017-16544-busybox-autocompletion-vulnerability/ x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=c3797d40a1c57352192c6106cc0f435e7d9c11e8 x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154536/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0013.html x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-240-01 x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/6 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/39 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Aug/21 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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