What is CVE-2017-6403?

CVE-2017-6403 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-6403?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2017-6403

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before 3.0. NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.

EPSS: 0.267 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup
Veritas Netbackup_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6403?: CVE-2017-6403 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-6403?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.