CVE-2017-8857 is a critical vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier, and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, allowing unauthenticated file copy and arbitrary remote command execution through the 'bprd' process. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is not currently listed on the KEV catalog and lacks public exploit code or significant community discussion, its high severity warrants immediate patching.
| 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:H/I:H/A:H
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