CVE-2017-12479

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.

CVSS v3.0

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

11.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2017-08-07

Updated

2024-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42959

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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