CVE-2017-13707

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-08-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Privilege escalation in Replibit Backup Manager earlier than version 2017.08.04 allows attackers to gain root privileges via sudo command execution. The vi program can be accessed through sudo, in order to navigate the filesystem and modify a critical file such as /etc/passwd.

Affected products

Axcient Replibit: before 2017.08.04 — fixed in 2017.08.04

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Axcient Replibit 2017.08.04. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/Wh1t3Rh1n0/exploits/blob/master/2017-08-25%20Replibit%20Backup%20Manager/README.md
https://github.com/Wh1t3Rh1n0/exploits/blob/master/2017-08-25%20Replibit%20Backup%20Manager/README.md

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