Veritas NetBackup 9.x: RCE via stolen host-id cert
CVE-2022-36956 Published on July 27, 2022

In Veritas NetBackup, the NetBackup Client allows arbitrary command execution from any remote host that has access to a valid host-id NetBackup certificate/private key from the same domain. The affects 9.0.x through 9.0.0.1 and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-36956 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.36%
Percentile
57.53%

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