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CVE-2017-6406

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Arbitrary privileged command execution, using whitelist directory escape with "../" substrings, can occur.

Affected products

• Veritas Access: through 7.2.1
• Veritas NetBackup: through 7.7.1
• Veritas Netbackup Appliance: through 2.7.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96486
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96486
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue5

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