CVE-2017-6403 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before 3.0. NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.

Published: 2017-03-02

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

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 vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15460	An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before 3.0. NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.

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 0.0064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96500
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue10

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup Netbackup Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-02T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:49.257Z

Reserved: 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6403

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-02T06:59:00.667

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6403

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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