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  "published": "2017-11-08T18:29:00.247",
  "lastModified": "2019-04-30T16:07:04.050",
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      "value": "backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the 'notify-send' command, leading to some parts of file paths being executed as shell commands within an os.system call in qt4/plugins/notifyplugin.py. This could allow an attacker to craft an unreadable file with a specific name to run arbitrary shell commands."
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      "value": "backintime (tambi\u00e9n conocido como Back in Time) en versiones anteriores a la 1.1.24 escapaba/entrecomillaba incorrectamente las rutas de archivo utilizadas como argumentos para el comando \"notify-send\", haciendo que algunas partes de las rutas de archivo se ejecutasen como comandos shell en una llamada os.system en qt4/plugins/notifyplugin.py. Esto podr\u00eda permitir a un atacante manipular un archivo ilegible con un nombre espec\u00edfico para ejecutar comandos shell arbitrarios."
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