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CVE-2017-6406

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Arbitrary privileged com

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Arbitrary privileged command execution, using whitelist directory escape with "../" substrings, can occur.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.00068
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules7 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
veritas access<= 7.2.1
veritas netbackup<= 7.7.1
veritas netbackup appliance<= 2.7.1
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Sigma Hunt Rules

7
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalBitbucket Unauthorized Access To A Resource
productcriticalWCE wceaux.dll Access
productcriticalAD Object WriteDAC Access
productcriticalPwnDrp Access
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighPrimary Refresh Token Access Attempt
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD02 Mar 2017 · 06:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96486
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue5Vendor Advisory
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