What is CVE-2022-42305?

CVE-2022-42305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-42305?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-42305

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to a Path traversal attack through the DiscoveryService service.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42305?: CVE-2022-42305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-42305?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.