{"id":"CVE-2017-6401","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6401","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:52:31.499Z","title":"Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.","description":"An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0. Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.","published":"2017-03-02T06:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:22:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["veritas/netbackup","veritas/netbackup appliance"],"epss":{"score":0.00364,"percentile":0.3012,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6401","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."}