What is CVE-2017-6399?

CVE-2017-6399 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Access. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-6399?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Access

CVE-2017-6399

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Privileged remote command execution on NetBackup Server and Client (on the server or a connected client) can occur.

Published 2017-03-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 61st percentile — 61.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96490 (vdb-entry)
www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6399?: CVE-2017-6399 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Access. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-6399?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.