CVE-2017-8895
CriticalSummary
In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution.
Risk Assessment
An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Veritas Backup Exec to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized activities.
Other vulnerabilities in Veritas Backup Exec
See all- CVE-2021-27878HighActively exploited
A vulnerability exists in the SHA authentication scheme in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. An attacker can gain unauthorized access and execute arbitrary commands with system privileges.
- CVE-2021-27877HighActively exploited
A vulnerability exists in the SHA authentication scheme in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2, which had not been disabled. An attacker could remotely exploit this scheme to gain unauthorized access to an Agent and execute privileged commands.
- CVE-2021-27876HighActively exploited
A vulnerability exists in the SHA authentication scheme in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. An attacker can gain unauthorized access and, using crafted input parameters, access an arbitrary file on the system with System privileges.
- CVE-2002-1117Medium
Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 and earlier requires that the "RestrictAnonymous" registry key for Microsoft Exchange 2000 must be set to 0, which enables anonymous listing of the SAM database and shares.
Original NVD description (English source)
In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS