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CVE-2017-6401 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493 CVE
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6 [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
veritas netbackup
<= 8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
veritas netbackup appliance
<= 3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6401
NVD Published Date:
Mar 2, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]