PT-2022-18078 · Veritas · Veritas System Recovery

Published 2022-03-09 · Updated 2022-03-18 · CVE-2022-26778

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21

Description The issue allows a Windows user with sufficient privileges to access a network file system they were not authorized to access, due to the storage of a network destination password in the Windows registry during the configuration of the backup configuration.

Recommendations For Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21, consider restricting access to the Windows registry to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-26778

Affected Products

Veritas System Recovery

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26778 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26778 · Security Note
• https://veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-002 · Vendor Advisory