CVE-2017-7279 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Unitrends Enterprise Backup versions prior to 9.0.0. An unprivileged user can gain root access by manipulating the "token" cookie issued during login. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 indicates its significant potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.2.0-8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:unitrends:enterprise_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.