CVE-2017-5671

HIGH

Honeywell Intermec Printers < 10.11.013310 - Local Privilege Escalation via BusyBox Jailbreak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-5671. PoCs published by Jean-Marie Bourbon.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a SUID binary (Lua) with excessive permissions to escalate privileges from a low-privileged user (it-admin/admin) to root on Intermec Industrial Printers. The PoC demonstrates reading/writing sensitive files (e.g., /etc/shadow) and bypassing Busybox restrictions.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Jean-Marie Bourbon · textlocalhardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754

This exploit leverages a SUID binary (Lua) with excessive permissions to escalate privileges from a low-privileged user (it-admin/admin) to root on Intermec Industrial Printers. The PoC demonstrates reading/writing sensitive files (e.g., /etc/shadow) and bypassing Busybox restrictions.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Intermec PM43 RFID Industrial Printer (firmware < March 2017)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to a shell as 'it-admin' or 'admin' user · Presence of SUID Lua binary (/usr/bin/lua)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41754/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97236

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0140
EPSS Percentile 69.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (7)
honeywell/intermec_pc23_firmware < 10.10.011406
honeywell/intermec_pc42_firmware < 10.10.011406
honeywell/intermec_pc43_firmware < 10.10.011406
honeywell/intermec_pd43_firmware < 10.10.011406
honeywell/intermec_pm23_firmware < 10.10.011406
honeywell/intermec_pm42_firmware < 10.10.011406
honeywell/intermec_pm43_firmware < 10.10.011406
Published Mar 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026