CVE-2017-12477 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Unitrends Backup (UB) versions prior to 10.0.0. This flaw in the bpserverd proprietary protocol allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the target system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is publicly available, indicating a high potential for exploitation. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage, which is typical for a large percentage of CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kaseya:unitrends_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.