CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16544
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• busybox busybox (<= 1.27.2)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• vmware esxi 6.0
• vmware esxi 6.5
• vmware esxi 6.7
• redlion n-tron 702-w firmware
• redlion n-tron 702m12-w firmware
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154536/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0013.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Aug/21 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/39 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html Third Party Advisory
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=c3797d40a1c57352192c6106cc0f435e7d9c11e8 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-240-01 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.twistlock.com/2017/11/20/cve-2017-16544-busybox-autocompletion-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154536/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0013.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/6 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Aug/21 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/39 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0013.html Third Party Advisory
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=c3797d40a1c57352192c6106cc0f435e7d9c11e8 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-240-01 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.twistlock.com/2017/11/20/cve-2017-16544-busybox-autocompletion-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory