CVE-2017-8856 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated, arbitrary remote command execution using the 'bprd' process.

Published: 2017-05-09

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.8% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17798	In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated, arbitrary remote command execution using the 'bprd' process.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03806.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98379
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup Netbackup Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-09T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.844Z

Reserved: 2017-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8856

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-09T21:29:00.723

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:27:05.353

Link: CVE-2017-8856

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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