CVE-2017-6408

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.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory veritas.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue8 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96491 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6408?
CVE-2017-6408 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-6408?
To fix CVE-2017-6408, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-6408 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-6408 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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