High severity · published Mar 2, 2017
CVE-2017-6408
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier
7.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. A local-privilege-escalation race condition in pbx_exchange can occur when a local user connects to a socket before permissions are secured.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% 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-2017-6408
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6408
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8
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