CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-7444

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Veritas System Recovery before version 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the patch installer if an attacker has write access to the directory from which the product is executed.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with access to the appropriate directory could introduce malicious DLLs, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the directory from which the product is executed and to upgrade to version 16 SP1 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In Veritas System Recovery before 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the patch installer if an attacker has write access to the directory from which the product is executed.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS