PT-2017-17635 · Unitrends · Unitrends Enterprise Backup

Published 2017-04-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7284

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Unitrends Enterprise Backup versions prior to 9.1.2

Description The issue allows an attacker who has hijacked a Unitrends Enterprise Backup web server session to change the password of the logged-in account without knowing the current password, enabling account takeover. The attacker can leverage the "api/includes/users.php" endpoint to achieve this.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.1.2, update to version 9.1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "api/includes/users.php" endpoint until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7284

Affected Products

Unitrends Enterprise Backup

References · 3

• 🔥 https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-1 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7284 · Security Note