PT-2017-3514 · Veritas · Veritas Netbackup Appliance+1

Published 2017-02-28 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-6406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veritas NetBackup versions prior to 7.7.2 Veritas NetBackup Appliance versions prior to 2.7.2

Description The issue allows for arbitrary privileged command execution using whitelist directory escape with "../" substrings. It is related to insufficient restriction of permitted user command execution. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary privileged commands.

Recommendations For Veritas NetBackup versions prior to 7.7.2, update to version 7.7.2 or later. For Veritas NetBackup Appliance versions prior to 2.7.2, update to version 2.7.2 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00374

CVE-2017-6406

Affected Products

Veritas Netbackup

Veritas Netbackup Appliance

References · 5

• https://veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6406 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00374 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6406 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96486 · Note