CVE-2024-33673 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Veritas Backup Exec prior to version 22.2 HotFix 917391, stemming from improper access controls that enable DLL Hijacking within the Windows DLL Search path. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this local attack vector (AV:L) requires low privileges (PR:L) and no user interaction (UI:N), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 21.0, < 23.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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