CVE-2017-12478

critical
Published 2017-08-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

It was discovered that the api/storage web interface in Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.0.0 has an issue in which one of its input parameters was not validated. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands with root privilege on the target system.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005756

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
kaseyaunitrends_backup{"endExcluding":"10.0"}10.0

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.