CVE-2022-36985 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup versions 8.1.x through 9.1.0.1, as well as related Flex Appliance and Flex Scale products. An unprivileged local attacker on a Windows NetBackup Primary server could exploit this to gain elevated privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is considered severe. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.