Privilege escalation in Veritas Netbackup Flex Scale Appliance

CVE-2022-46410

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0. An attacker with non-root privileges may escalate privileges to root by using specific commands.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.7% 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-2022-46410: held from 0.006 to 0.006.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46410?
CVE-2022-46410 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup Flex Scale Appliance, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-46410?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.