CVE-2017-8895 - In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 befo

CVE-2017-8895

Summary

In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:14.1.1786.1126:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:14.1.1786.1126:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:14.2.1180.3160:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:14.2.1180.3160:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:15.1180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:15.1180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	10.0 (as of 12-08-2021 - 16:22)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-416

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

bid	98386
confirm	https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1
exploit-db	42282
sectrack	1038561

Last major update

12-08-2021 - 16:22

Published

10-05-2017 - 21:29

Last modified

12-08-2021 - 16:22