CVE-2017-6408

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. A local-privilege-escalation race condition in pbx_exchange can occur when a local user connects to a socket before permissions are secured.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance::::::::

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:29

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491 -~~	() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491 -
References	~~() http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950 -~~	() http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950 -
References	~~() https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8 - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2017-03-02 06:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-6408

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6408

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6408

JSON object : View

Products Affected

veritas

netbackup_appliance
netbackup

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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