High severity · published Jan 6, 2021
CVE-2020-36167
An issue was discovered in the server in Veritas Backup Exec through 16.2, 20.6 before hotfix 298543, and 21.1 before hotfix 657517
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the server in Veritas Backup Exec through 16.2, 20.6 before hotfix 298543, and 21.1 before hotfix 657517. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library from the Installation folder. This library in turn attempts to load the /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf configuration file, which may not exist. On Windows systems, this path could translate to <drive>:\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf. A low privileged user can create a :\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file to load a malicious OpenSSL engine, resulting in arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when the service starts. This gives the attacker administrator access on the system, allowing the attacker (by default) to access all data, access all installed applications, etc. If the system is also an Active Directory domain controller, then this can affect the entire domain.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BE
Backup Exec · Veritas
20.0 before 20.0.1188.2734; 21.0 before 21.0.1200.1217 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36167
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36167
Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/429301
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-010
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