What is CVE-2017-6409?

CVE-2017-6409 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-6409?

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

Auth bypass in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2017-6409

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Unauthenticated CORBA interfaces permit inappropriate access.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.014 (68.7th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6409?: CVE-2017-6409 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-6409?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.