What is CVE-2017-8856?

CVE-2017-8856 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-8856?

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

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2017-8856

In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated, arbitrary remote command execution using the 'bprd' process.

EPSS: 0.038 (88.9th 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-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8856?: CVE-2017-8856 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-8856?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.