PT-2017-17631 · Unitrends · Unitrends Enterprise Backup

Published 2017-04-12 · Updated 2017-04-20 · CVE-2017-7280

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Unitrends Enterprise Backup versions prior to 9.0.0

Description An issue was discovered in the api/includes/systems.php file, where user input is not properly filtered before being sent to a popen function, allowing for remote code execution by sending a specially crafted user variable.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.0, update to version 9.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the api/includes/systems.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the user variable in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7280

Affected Products

Unitrends Enterprise Backup

References · 3

• 🔥 https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-1 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7280 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7280 · Security Note