CVE-2017-8895Not scoredCWE-416

CVE-2017-8895: Veritas Backup Exec vulnerability

Veritas · Backup Exec

Affected: Veritas Backup Exec · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

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71.0%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

99th percentile

050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

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DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation: Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Use After Free · Memory Corruption
Vendor: Veritas
Published: May 2017
Band: Likely to be exploited (10% or more), May 2017

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