CVE-2017-6401

HIGH

Veritas NetBackup < 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance < 3.0 - Local Command Execution via bpcd and bpnbat

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0036

EPSS Percentile 28.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (2)

veritas/netbackup < 8.0

veritas/netbackup_appliance < 3.0

Published Mar 02, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026