CVE-2017-7444 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Veritas System Recovery before 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the patch installer if an attacker has write access to the directory from which the product is executed.

Published: 2017-04-05

Score: 7.8 High

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:veritas:system_recovery:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16468	In Veritas System Recovery before 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the patch installer if an attacker has write access to the directory from which the product is executed.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00115.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97483
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-001.html#Issue1

History

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Subscriptions

Veritas System Recovery

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-05T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.217Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7444

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-05T20:59:00.430

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

Link: CVE-2017-7444

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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