What is CVE-2017-7279?

CVE-2017-7279 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Unitrends Enterprise Backup, classified under Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-7279?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-7279 known to be exploited?

9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Unitrends Enterprise Backup

CVE-2017-7279

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.

Published 2017-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Unitrends Enterprise Backup

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-565 — Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-1/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7279?: CVE-2017-7279 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Unitrends Enterprise Backup, classified under Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-7279?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7279 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.