CVE-2017-8856

In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated, arbitrary remote command execution using the 'bprd' process.

• CWE-732

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98379Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue1Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98379Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue1Vendor Advisory

Published

May 9, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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