CVE-2017-8859 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2017-8859

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can...

Vulnerability Description

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

netbackup appliance
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.7.3, 3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 9th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.