High severity · published Mar 2, 2017
CVE-2017-6405
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Hostname-based security is open to DNS spoofing.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
NetBackup · Veritas
through 8.0 · source: NVD
NA
Netbackup Appliance · Veritas
through 3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6405
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6405
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96488
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue7
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