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CVE-2017-6408

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% 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-362

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. A local-privilege-escalation race condition in pbx_exchange can occur when a local user connects to a socket before permissions are secured.

Affected products

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

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8

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