CVE-2017-6405 describes a DNS spoofing vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier, and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, stemming from a weakness in hostname-based security. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high integrity impact with low attack complexity, though it does not affect confidentiality or availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion, organizations using affected versions should still address this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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