CVE•Published 2017-03-29•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-5671Honeywell · Intermec_pc23_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-29
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-5671Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Intermec Pc23 Firmware"Hosts Shodan identified as running Intermec Pc23 Firmware.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-5671Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-5671Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-5671Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-5671GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-5671" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.