What is CVE-2017-6404?

CVE-2017-6404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-6404?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2017-6404

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7. There are world-writable log files, allowing destruction or spoofing of log data.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6404?: CVE-2017-6404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-6404?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.