CVE-2017-6401

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0. Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance::::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2017-03-02 06:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-6401

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6401

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6401

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Products Affected

veritas

netbackup_appliance
netbackup

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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