HIGH
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0
Published Mar 2, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0. Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 8.0
- ≤ 3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.36% 0.00364
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00364
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 27.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 30.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 34.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 34.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 32.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01102) | 53.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01102) | 28.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 13.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 2, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 1, 2017
Link CVE-2017-6401
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a