Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-7283

Title: Unitrends Enterprise Backup Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-7283.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Apr 20, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

16.60%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-7283: An authenticated user of Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.1.2 can execute arbitrary OS commands by sending a specially crafted filename to the /api/restore/download-files endpoint, related to the downloadFiles function in api/includes/restore.php.

Impacted Vendors

unitrends 1

Reference Links

https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-2/ https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/ka640000000CcWBAA0/000005557?r=1 https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-2/ https://support.unitrends.com/UnitrendsBackup/s/article/ka640000000CcWBAA0/000005557?r=1

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns