CVE-2017-12477 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 68.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 68.22% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-08-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| kaseya | unitrends backup |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Unitrends UEB 9 - bpserverd Authentication Bypass Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) | 2017-10-23 |
| exploit-db | Unitrends UEB 9.1 - 'Unitrends bpserverd' Remote Command Execution | 2017-08-08 |
References
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