CVE-2015-6550

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

bpcd in Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7, 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4, 7.6.1.x through 7.6.1.2, and 7.7.x before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4, 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4, 2.6.1.x through 2.6.1.2, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input.

Affected products

Veritas NetBackup: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, 7.1.0.3, 7.1.0.4 (+12)
Veritas Netbackup Appliance: 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 (+13)

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035704
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035704
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html

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