CVE-2017-8858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated privileged remote file write using the 'bprd' process.

Published: 2017-05-09

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.4% 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-2017-17800	In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated privileged remote file write 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 Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01419.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98381
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue3

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup Netbackup Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.823Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-8858

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-09T21:29:00.787

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

Link: CVE-2017-8858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732

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