Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391. The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.
Published: 2024-04-26
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-31383 An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391. The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.
History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Veritas
Veritas backup Exec
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Veritas
Veritas backup Exec

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-73

Subscriptions

Veritas Backup Exec
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-27T15:49:52.581Z

Reserved: 2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-33671

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:36:04.556Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-26T02:15:06.410

Modified: 2025-06-30T14:25:03.890

Link: CVE-2024-33671

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses