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CVE-2017-12477

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

It was discovered that the bpserverd proprietary protocol in Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.0.0, as invoked through xinetd, has an issue in which its authentication can be bypassed. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary commands with root privilege on the target system.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/7/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

kaseya:unitrends_backup

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

References

https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005755(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43031/(cve@mitre.org)

https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005755(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43031/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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