{"id":"CVE-2018-18652","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-18652","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:51.040Z","title":"A remote command execution vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 3.1.2 allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands as root.","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.","published":"2018-10-25T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:47:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["veritas/netbackup appliance"],"epss":{"score":0.04074,"percentile":0.90635,"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 (4.07%). 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/105737","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS18-003.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105737","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS18-003.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18652","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."}