What is CVE-2022-36955?

CVE-2022-36955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-36955?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-36955

In Veritas NetBackup, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges. This affects 8.0 through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3 through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup — versions 8.2, 9.0, 9.1.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36955?: CVE-2022-36955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-36955?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.