Veritas NetBackup Windows Local Privilege Escalation (CVE-2022-36985)
CVE-2022-36985 Published on July 28, 2022

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.1.x through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1 (and related NetBackup products). An attacker with unprivileged local access to a Windows NetBackup Primary server could potentially escalate their privileges.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-36985 can be exploited with local system access, and requires 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 very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2022-36985

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Veritas Netbackup
 
Veritas Netbackup Appliance
 
Veritas Flex Appliance
 
Veritas Flex Scale
 

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.06%
Percentile
17.52%

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