CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-12479

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An issue in the session logic in Unitrends Backup (UB) before version 10.0.0 allowed using the LOGDIR environment variable during a web session to elevate an existing low-privilege user to root privileges.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker with existing low-privilege credentials could execute arbitrary commands with root privileges, posing a serious security risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Unitrends Backup to version 10.0.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS