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CVE-2017-6401

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0. Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.

Affected products

• Veritas NetBackup: through 8.0
• Veritas Netbackup Appliance: through 3.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6

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