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CVE-2017-8859

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.

Affected products

• Veritas Netbackup Appliance: through 2.7.2; 2.7.3, 3.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98383
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-005.html#Issue1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98383
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-005.html#Issue1

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