CVE-2021-27878 is a vulnerability in Veritas Backup Exec
Published on March 1, 2021
An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. However, due to a vulnerability in the SHA Authentication scheme, an attacker is able to gain unauthorized access and complete the authentication process. Subsequently, the client can execute data management protocol commands on the authenticated connection. The attacker could use one of these commands to execute an arbitrary command on the system using system privileges.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Veritas Backup Exec (BE) Agent contains a command execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a data management protocol command to execute a command on the BE Agent machine.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 28, 2023: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-27878 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-27878
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Exploit Probability
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