EIP-2026-114777

PRE-CVE

Veritas NetBackup 3.5/4.5/5.0 - Multiple Local Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (3)

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-114777. PoCs published by Secure Network Operations.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local buffer overflow vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup binaries (versions 4.x and 5.x) to achieve root privilege escalation. It leverages a hostname overflow in setuid binaries by injecting shellcode into the environment variable and triggering execution via command-line arguments.

Description

Veritas NetBackup 3.5/4.5/5.0 - Multiple Local Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (3)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Secure Network Operations · perllocalunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24064

This exploit targets a local buffer overflow vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup binaries (versions 4.x and 5.x) to achieve root privilege escalation. It leverages a hostname overflow in setuid binaries by injecting shellcode into the environment variable and triggering execution via command-line arguments.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Veritas NetBackup 4.x and 5.x
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Non-root user access to the system · Setuid binaries must exist (requires prior execution of nonroot_admin) · Target binaries must be present
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026