CVE-2017-8895

high-risk
Published 2017-05-10

In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.

Do I need to act?

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67.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 33% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
42282
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Veritas

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282/
Patch https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282/
Patch https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 26/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal