CVE-2017-6408
A local-privilege-escalation race condition in pbx_exchange can occur when a local user connects to a socket before permissions are secured.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- veritas/netbackup · veritas/netbackup appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950
- https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8Vendor 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#Issue8Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.