CVE-2017-8859 is a critical vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup Appliance versions 3.0 and earlier, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact remains extremely high for affected systems.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.