CVE-2024-33671

HIGH

Veritas Backup Exec <22.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391. The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS24-002#H1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-73

Status published

Affected Products (1)

veritas/backup_exec < 23.0

Timeline

Published Apr 26, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026