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CVE-2017-12479

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Published: Aug 7, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

1 product
Unitrends Backup
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Up to 9.1

References (2)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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