Veritas NetBackup <10.5 Windows DLL injection via command execution
CVE-2024-52945 Published on November 18, 2024
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 10.5. This only applies to NetBackup components running on a Windows Operating System. If a user executes specific NetBackup commands or an attacker uses social engineering techniques to impel the user to execute the commands, a malicious DLL could be loaded, resulting in execution of the attacker's code in the user's security context.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-52945 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. 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
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2024-52945 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-52945
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Exploit Probability
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