Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 9, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-8856

Description

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.

Affected products

Symantec/Netbackup
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=8.0
Symantec/Netbackup Appliance
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98379nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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