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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-6329

It was discovered that the Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.1.0 libbpext.so authentication could be bypassed with a SQL injection, allowing a remote attacker to place a privilege escalation exploit on the target system and subsequently execute arbitrary…

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 61.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 61.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

It was discovered that the Unitrends Backup (UB) before 10.1.0 libbpext.so authentication could be bypassed with a SQL injection, allowing a remote attacker to place a privilege escalation exploit on the target system and subsequently execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
61.24% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 March 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
unitrends/backup
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%33%65%21 September 2026: 54.55%22 September 2026: 61.24%28 October 2026: 61.24%21 September 202628 October 2026

EPSS moved from 54.6% on 21 September 2026 to 61.2% on 28 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-45913source ↗Unitrends Enterprise Backup - bpserverd Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)linux · Metasploitlocal29 November 2018yes
EDB-44297source ↗Unitrends UEB 10.0 - Root Remote Code Executionlinux · Jared Araveremote16 March 2018no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.