CVE-2006-4902 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2006-4902

The NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0...

Vulnerability Description

The NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0 before 5.0_MP7, 5.1 before 5.1_MP6, and 6.0 before 6.0_MP4 does not properly check for chained commands, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by appending malicious commands to valid commands.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

veritas netbackup client, veritas netbackup enterprise server, veritas netbackup server
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 5.1, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 14th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.