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CVE-2017-6401

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6401 is a local arbitrary command execution vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup before version 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before version 3.0, specifically within the bpcd and bpnbat components. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this flaw allows a low-privileged local attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

veritas.com / content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96493