Veritas NetBackup 6.x/7.x bprd access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Veritas NetBackup 6.x/7.x. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component bprd. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-6399. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Veritas NetBackup 6.x/7.x (Backup Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component bprd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Privileged remote command execution on NetBackup Server and Client (on the server or a connected client) can occur.

The weakness was disclosed 03/01/2017 by Sven Blumenstein, Xiaoran Wang and Andrew Griffiths with Google as Veritas NetBackup v6.x, v7.x, v8.0 and NetBackup appliances v2.x, v3.0 - Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release happened without involvement of Veritas. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6399. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

Multiple critical vulnerabilities were identified in Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup appliance. The vulnerabilities were discovered during a black box security assessment and therefore the vulnerability list should not be considered exhaustive.

A public exploit has been developed by Sven Blumenstein/Xiaoran Wang/Andrew Griffiths and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 92 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104888 (Veritas NetBackup Appliance < 2.7.2 / 3.1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VTS17-003)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370336 (Veritas NetBackup Multiple Vulnerabilities.(VTS17-003)). The code used by the exploit is:

echo -ne "329199 94 localhost root 1337 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/../../../../../../../usr/bin/id foo\n" | nc 10.0.0.1 13720

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The mailinglist post contains the following remark:

The target date for patches that fix these issues is 29th September, 2017.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (104888) and SecurityFocus (BID 96490†). The entries VDB-97354, VDB-97355, VDB-97356 and VDB-97358 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Veritas NetBackup Appliance 6.x/7.x
  • Veritas NetBackup Appliances 2.x

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

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Vendor Base Score (Veritas): 9.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Sven Blumenstein/Xiaoran Wang/Andrew Griffiths
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Nessus ID: 104888
Nessus Name: Veritas NetBackup Appliance < 2.7.2 / 3.1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VTS17-003)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NetBackup 8.0

Timelineinfo

11/29/2016 🔍
12/02/2016 +3 days 🔍
03/01/2017 +89 days 🔍
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03/02/2017 +1 days 🔍
04/19/2017 +48 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Veritas NetBackup v6.x, v7.x, v8.0 and NetBackup appliances v2.x, v3.0 - Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities
Researcher: Sven Blumenstein, Xiaoran Wang, Andrew Griffiths
Organization: Google
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-6399 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6399
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97357
SecurityFocus: 96490

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/01/2017 11:08
Updated: 04/19/2017 10:34
Changes: 03/01/2017 11:08 (69), 04/19/2017 10:34 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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