CVE-2017-8895

CRITICAL

Veritas Backup Exec <16 FP1 - Use After Free

Title source: llm

Description

In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubyremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282
metasploit WORKING POC NORMAL
by Matthew Daley · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/backupexec/ssl_uaf.rb

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.6706
EPSS Percentile 98.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (1)
veritas/backup_exec < 14.1.1786.1126
Published May 10, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026