CVE-2017-12477
highpriority · attend · 73EPSS 0.682 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
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- exploit/linux/misc/ueb9_bpserverdUnitrends UEB bpserverd authentication bypass RCEweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-42957Unitrends UEB 9.1 - 'Unitrends bpserverd' Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (6)
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- https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005755cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43031/cnnvd
- https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005755enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43031/enisa_euvd
- https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/000005755Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43031/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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