Medium severity · published Sep 23, 2022
CVE-2022-41320
Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21 store a network destination password in the Windows registry during configuration of the backup configuration
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21 store a network destination password in the Windows registry during configuration of the backup configuration. This vulnerability could provide a Windows user (who has sufficient privileges) to access a network file system that they were not authorized to access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SR
System Recovery · Veritas
18.0 before 18.0.4.57090; 21 before 21.0.3.62140 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41320
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41320
Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-002
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