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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-08-07

Last modified

2024-08-05

Affected products

• Unitrends Backup (Kaseya)

References

• https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005757