PT-2022-27859 · Veritas · Veritas Netbackup Flex Scale

Published 2022-12-04 · Updated 2025-04-24 · CVE-2022-46410

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale versions through 3.0

Description An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale, where an attacker with non-root privileges may escalate privileges to root by using specific commands.

Recommendations For Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale versions through 3.0, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent privilege escalation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-46410

Affected Products

Veritas Netbackup Flex Scale

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46410 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46410 · Vendor Advisory
• https://veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-019#issue5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/39101 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/53953 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119709 · Telegram Post