A vulnerability was found in Bacula-Web up to 8.0.0-rc1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Bacula-web before 8.0.0-rc2 is affected by multiple SQL Injection vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to access the Bacula database and, depending on configuration, escalate privileges on the server.

The bug was discovered 08/09/2017. The weakness was presented 03/07/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at bacula-web.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-15367 since 10/15/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 210 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 8.0.0-rc2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44272).

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• 8.0.0-rc1

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