High severity · published Apr 5, 2017
CVE-2017-7444
In Veritas System Recovery before 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the patch installer if an attacker has write access to the directory from which the product is…
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Veritas System Recovery before 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the patch installer if an attacker has write access to the directory from which the product is executed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SR
System Recovery · Veritas
16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7444
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7444
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97483
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-001.html#Issue1
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