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CVE-2017-8895

N/A
Published: May 10, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBackup Exec

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 71%

Description

In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Backup Exec· Veritas
95%
v < 14.1.1786.1126v < 14.2.1180.3160v < 16.0.1142.1327
Affected range stops below 14.1.1786.1126, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.2.1180.3160, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.0.1142.1327, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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