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TI-2017-04211 Aliases CVE-2017-6404GHSA-m96m-v25p-c746

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7 and NetBackup Appliance Before…

Priority LOW 24CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7. There are world-writable log files, allowing destruction or spoofing of log data.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00256 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7.6.1.2VulnerableVeritas
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.6.1.2VulnerableVeritas
  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.6.1.2 Vulnerable ·Veritas
  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.6.1.2 Vulnerable ·Veritas

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6404
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m96m-v25p-c746

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-04210 An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06365 In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2006-00960 Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup Catalog daemon (bpdbm) in Veritas NetBackup… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2006-00959 Stack-based buffer overflow in the volume manager daemon (vmd) in Veritas NetBackup… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2017-06364 In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06366 In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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