Veritas NetBackup Appliance up to 3.0 command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas NetBackup Appliance up to 3.0. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-8859. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas NetBackup Appliance up to 3.0 (Backup Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.

The bug was discovered 05/10/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/09/2017 by Matt (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at veritas.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-8859 since 05/09/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/22/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100273 (Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.7.x / 3.0.x Remote Command Execution (VTS17-005)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (100273) and SecurityFocus (BID 98383†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 100273
Nessus Name: Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.7.x / 3.0.x Remote Command Execution (VTS17-005)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/07/2017 🔍
05/09/2017 +2 days 🔍
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05/18/2017 +8 days 🔍
12/22/2020 +1314 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: veritas.com
Researcher: Matt Johnson (Matt)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100987
SecurityFocus: 98383 - Veritas NetBackup Appliance CVE-2017-8859 Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-8859 - Veritas - Netbackup Appliance - High

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2017 08:51
Updated: 12/22/2020 15:17
Changes: 05/10/2017 08:51 (64), 09/24/2020 22:05 (7), 12/22/2020 15:17 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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