Medium severity · published Mar 2, 2017
CVE-2017-6404
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7. There are world-writable log files, allowing destruction or spoofing of log data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
NetBackup · Veritas
through 7.6.1.2 · source: NVD
NA
Netbackup Appliance · Veritas
through 2.6.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6404
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6404
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96494
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue9
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