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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-18652

A remote command execution vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 3.1.2 allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands as root.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 4.07%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A remote command execution vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 3.1.2 allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands as root. This issue was caused by insufficient filtering of user provided input.

CVSS 3.0
7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.07% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
veritas/netbackup appliance
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.