Veritas NetBackup 6.x/7.x NetBackup Process privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas NetBackup 6.x/7.x. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component NetBackup Process. This manipulation causes privileges management. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Veritas NetBackup 6.x/7.x (Backup Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component NetBackup Process. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 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). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. 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.

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.

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.

See VDB-97354, VDB-97355, VDB-97356 and VDB-97357 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

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

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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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 🔍
03/01/2017 +0 days 🔍
08/18/2020 +1266 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

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97363
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/01/2017 11:08
Updated: 08/18/2020 08:00
Changes: 03/01/2017 11:08 (51), 08/18/2020 08:00 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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