{
    "id": "CVE-2017-12479",
    "published": "2017-08-07 15:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:03:22",
    "cvss_score": "8.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.11811",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95972",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:17",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "kaseya",
            "product": "unitrends_backup"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "42959",
            "title": "Unitrends UEB 9.1 - Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2017-08-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42959"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005757",
        "https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005757"
    ]
}