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

CVE-2017-6406

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Arbitrary privileged command execution, using whitelist directory escape with "../" substrings, can occur.

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/96486nvd

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