What is CVE-2023-37237?

CVE-2023-37237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup Appliance, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-37237?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup Appliance

CVE-2023-37237

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 4.1.0.1 MR3, insecure permissions may allow an authenticated Admin to bypass shell restrictions and execute arbitrary operating system commands via SSH.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup_appliance — versions 4.1.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37237?: CVE-2023-37237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup Appliance, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-37237?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.