High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-6400

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Privileged command execution on NetBackup Server and Client can occur (on the local system).

Affected products

Symantec/Access
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.2.1
Symantec/Netbackup
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.7.1
Symantec/Netbackup Appliance
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.7.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96484nvd

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