CVE-2017-12479

high-risk
Published 2017-08-07

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.

Do I need to act?

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13.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Kaseya

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005757
Vendor Advisory https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005757
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal