Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup_appliance

CVE-2017-8859

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.

EPSS: 0.026 (83.3th 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_appliance — versions 2.7.3, 3.0
N/a — versions n/a

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-2017-8859?: CVE-2017-8859 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup_appliance. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-8859?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.