Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale <=3.0 Privilege Escalation via Command Exploit
CVE-2022-46410 Published on December 4, 2022
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0. An attacker with non-root privileges may escalate privileges to root by using specific commands.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-46410 is exploitable with network 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.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
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Exploit Probability
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