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CVE-2017-16673

Datto Backup Agent 1.0.6.0 and earlier does not authenticate incoming connections. This allows an...

5.3 Medium

CVE-2017-16673 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Datto Backup Agent, published November 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

Severity
5.3 MediumCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.44%EPSS, 38th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Datto Backup Agent 1.0.6.0 and earlier does not authenticate incoming connections. This allows an attacker to impersonate a Datto Backup Appliance to "pair" with the agent and issue requests to this agent, if the attacker can reach the agent on TCP port 25566 or 25568, and send unspecified "specific information" by which the agent identifies a network device that is "appearing to be a valid Datto."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.44%Unchanged since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.3

Datto Backup Agent 1.0.6.0 and earlier does not authenticate incoming connections. This allows an attacker to impersonate a Datto Backup Appliance to "pair" with the agent and issue requests to this agent, if the attacker can reach the agent on TCP port 25566 or 25568, and send unspecified "specific information" by which the agent identifies a network device that is "appearing to be a valid Datto."

Record
CVE-2017-16673
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.9 LowAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Datto Backup Agent 1.0.6.0 and earlier does not authenticate incoming connections. This allows an attacker to impersonate a Datto Backup Appliance to "pair" with the agent and issue requests to this agent, if the attacker can reach the agent on TCP port 25566 or 25568, and send unspecified "specific information" by which the agent identifies a network device that is "appearing to be a valid Datto."

Record
CVE-2017-16673
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7857No score

Datto Backup Agent 1.0.6.0 and earlier does not authenticate incoming connections. This allows an attacker to impersonate a Datto Backup Appliance to "pair" with the agent and issue requests to this agent, if the attacker can reach the agent on TCP port 25566 or 25568, and send unspecified "specific information" by which the agent identifies a network device that is "appearing to be a valid Datto."

Record
EUVD-2017-7857
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-69r5-6x57-4ffx5.3

Datto Backup Agent 1.0.6.0 and earlier does not authenticate incoming connections. This allows an...

Datto Backup Agent 1.0.6.0 and earlier does not authenticate incoming connections. This allows an attacker to impersonate a Datto Backup Appliance to "pair" with the agent and issue requests to this agent, if the attacker can reach the agent on TCP port 25566 or 25568, and send unspecified "specific information" by which the agent identifies a network device that is "appearing to be a valid Datto."

Record
GHSA-69r5-6x57-4ffx
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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