CVE-2017-7444

Description

In Veritas System Recovery before 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the patch installer if an attacker has write access to the directory from which the product is executed.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.11%

Vendor Advisory veritas.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97483	vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-001.html#Issue1	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-7444?: CVE-2017-7444 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-7444?: To fix CVE-2017-7444, 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-2017-7444 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-7444 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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