CVE-2017-6403

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before 3.0. NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96500
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue10	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96500
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue10	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-2017-6403

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6403

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6403

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Products Affected

veritas

netbackup_appliance
netbackup

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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