{"id":"CVE-2017-6403","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6403","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:55:41.538Z","title":"NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.","description":"An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before 3.0. NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.","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":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["veritas/netbackup","veritas/netbackup appliance"],"epss":{"score":0.26677,"percentile":0.98014,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.22624,"percentile":0.97664},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.26677,"percentile":0.97931}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96500","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue10","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96500","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue10","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6403","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."}