Path Traversal in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-42308

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An attacker with local access can delete arbitrary files by leveraging a path traversal in the pbx_exchange registration code.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-42308: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42308?
CVE-2022-42308 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-42308?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.