{"id":"CVE-2015-6551","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-6551","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:54:46.939Z","title":"Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive…","description":"Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for key-exchange packets.","published":"2016-05-07T14:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:31:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@symantec.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["veritas/netbackup appliance","veritas/netbackup"],"epss":{"score":0.01149,"percentile":0.66649,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035704","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035704","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6551","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}