Veritas NetBackup/NetBackup Appliance BPCD Process path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component BPCD Process. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-28222. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Appliance (Backup Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component BPCD Process. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Veritas NetBackup before 8.1.2 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.1.2, the BPCD process inadequately validates the file path, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to upload and execute a custom file.

The weakness was published 03/07/2024. The advisory is available at veritas.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-28222. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-25339). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: veritas.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-28222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-28222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256010
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/07/2024 08:13
Updated: 06/14/2025 03:54
Changes: 03/07/2024 08:13 (38), 04/05/2024 14:41 (15), 01/22/2025 01:14 (23), 06/14/2025 03:54 (1)
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