CVE-2017-12479

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

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

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