Veritas System Recovery 18/21 Backup Configuration cleartext storage in registry

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Veritas System Recovery 18/21. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Backup Configuration Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cleartext storage in registry. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-41320. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Veritas System Recovery 18/21. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Backup Configuration Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage in registry vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-314. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext in the registry. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21 store a network destination password in the Windows registry during configuration of the backup configuration. This vulnerability could provide a Windows user (who has sufficient privileges) to access a network file system that they were not authorized to access.

The weakness was released 09/23/2022. The advisory is available at veritas.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-41320 since 09/23/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1555 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
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Class: Cleartext storage in registry
CWE: CWE-314 / CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

09/23/2022 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: veritas.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41320 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41320
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209386

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2022 15:00
Updated: 05/28/2025 02:24
Changes: 09/23/2022 15:00 (37), 10/22/2022 15:42 (11), 05/28/2025 02:24 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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