CVE-2017-15517 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting AltaVault OST Plug-in versions prior to 1.2.2. An authenticated attacker with local access could exploit unspecified vectors to obtain sensitive information, as indicated by the CVSS 5.5 score (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Users are advised to upgrade to a fixed version and change Veritas NetBackup passwords for AltaVault OST shares as a precautionary measure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:altavault_ost_plug-in:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.