What is CVE-2020-36167?

CVE-2020-36167 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Backup_exec, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2021-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-36167?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-36167 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Arbitrary file upload in Veritas Backup_exec

CVE-2020-36167

An issue was discovered in the server in Veritas Backup Exec through 16.2, 20.6 before hotfix 298543, and 21.1 before hotfix 657517. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library from the Installation folder. This library in turn attempts to l…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.005 (37.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Backup_exec
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36167?: CVE-2020-36167 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Backup_exec, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2021-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-36167?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36167 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.