CVE-2017-12479

HIGH

Unitrends Backup <10.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

It was discovered that an issue in the session logic in Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.0.0 allowed using the LOGDIR environment variable during a web session to elevate an existing low-privilege user to root privileges. A remote attacker with existing low-privilege credentials could then execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Jared Arave · pythonwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42959

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1345
EPSS Percentile 94.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
kaseya/unitrends_backup < 9.1
Published Aug 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026