High severity · published Jul 27, 2022
CVE-2022-36955
In Veritas NetBackup, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges
8.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Veritas NetBackup, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges. This affects 8.0 through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3 through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
NetBackup · Veritas
8.0 through 8.1.2; 8.3.0.0 through 8.3.0.2; 8.2; 9.0; 9.1.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36955
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36955
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-008#Issue2
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