Overview
- Description
- An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these. This authentication scheme is no longer used in current versions of the product, but hadn't yet been disabled. An attacker could remotely exploit this scheme to gain unauthorized access to an Agent and execute privileged commands.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Known exploits
Data from CISA
- Vulnerability name
- Veritas Backup Exec Agent Improper Authentication Vulnerability
- Exploit added on
- Apr 7, 2023
- Exploit action due
- Apr 28, 2023
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-287
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2E6F2EEE-7E5A-4EA1-87F2-97C26EAE8FCC",
"versionEndExcluding": "21.2"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]