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CVE-2017-12477· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

It was discovered that the bpserverd proprietary protocol in Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.0.0, as invoked through xinetd, has an issue in

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Aug 7, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
68.2% · 99th percentile
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Action score

59

Plan

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CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
20 / 30 · 68.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
kaseyaunitrends backup

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • kaseya unitrends backupbefore 10.0

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-12478It was discovered that the api/storage web interface in Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.0.0 has an issue in which one of its input parameter
    62This week
  • CVE-2018-6328It was discovered that the Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.1.0 user interface was exposed to an authentication bypass, which then could allo
    58Plan
  • CVE-2021-43033An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2021-40386Kaseya Unitrends Client/Agent through 10.5,5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-43044An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-43042An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5.
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2017-08-08
Exploit-DB entryremote2017-10-23
Metasploit moduleexploit/linux/misc/ueb9_bpserverdUnitrends UEB bpserverd authentication bypass RCEexploit2017-08-08

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+1 d
  3. Metasploit+1 d
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+3341 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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