CVE-2017-7279
An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to...
An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to root privileges by modifying the "token" cookie issued at login.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to root privileges by modifying the "token" cookie issued at login.
- Record
CVE-2017-7279- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-565
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to root privileges by modifying the "token" cookie issued at login.
- Record
CVE-2017-7279- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16308 No score
An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to root privileges by modifying the "token" cookie issued at login.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16308- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gmjg-wvw3-w3hh
An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to...
An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to root privileges by modifying the "token" cookie issued at login.
- Record
GHSA-gmjg-wvw3-w3hh- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-565
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-7279 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Unitrends Enterprise Backup, published April 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.39%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.