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CVE-2017-8857

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated file copy and arbitrary remote command execution using the 'bprd' process.

Affected products

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

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98384
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98384
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue2

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