CVE-2020-27156 describes a critical authorization bypass vulnerability in Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.5. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution, posing a significant risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high severity warrants immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:aptare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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