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CVE-2015-6551

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6551 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup 7.x and 7.6.0.x, and NetBackup Appliance versions. The flaw stems from the administration console's failure to use TLS for traffic to the NBU server, allowing remote attackers to intercept key-exchange packets via network sniffing. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high confidentiality impact, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:1.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:1.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

veritas.com / content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-001.html
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035704