CVE-2017-12479

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductKaseya Unitrends Backup
PublishedAug 7, 2017
First seenAug 7, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
kaseya unitrends_backupv ≤ 9.1—

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