CVE-2017-6408

HIGH

Veritas NetBackup < 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance < 3.0 - Local Privilege Escalation via pbx_exchange Race Condition

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. A local-privilege-escalation race condition in pbx_exchange can occur when a local user connects to a socket before permissions are secured.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 12.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (2)

veritas/netbackup < 8.0

veritas/netbackup_appliance < 3.0

Published Mar 02, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026