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CVE-2017-12477

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 7, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUnitrends Backup

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 68%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Unitrends Backup· Kaseya
95%
v < 10.0
Affected range stops below 10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005755
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43031/

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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