Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-6404

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7. There are world-writable log files, allowing destruction or spoofing of log data.

Affected products

Symantec/Netbackup
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=7.6.1.2
Symantec/Netbackup Appliance
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.6.1.2

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/96494nvd

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