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CVE-2017-8858

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8858 is a critical vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier, and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, allowing unauthenticated, privileged remote file write through the 'bprd' process. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this flaw presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not been widely targeted.

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

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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/VTS17-004.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98381
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry