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CVE-2021-278768.1High

CVE-2021-27876: Veritas Backup Exec Agent vulnerability

Veritas · Backup Exec Agent

Affected: Veritas Backup Exec Agent · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 7 Apr 2023

Known ransomware use

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

  1. In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue7 Apr 2023
  2. Exploited (reported): not seen
  3. Scanning observed: not seen
  4. Proof of concept public: not seen
  5. Not established: not seen
13.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
96th percentile
050100

Higher than 96% of scored CVEs

8.1HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. However, due to a vulnerability in the SHA Authentication scheme, an attacker is able to gain unauthorized access and complete the authentication process. Subsequently, the client can execute data management protocol commands on the authenticated connection. By using crafted input parameters in one of these commands, an attacker can access an arbitrary file on the system using System privileges.

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Exploitation
Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV
Listed since 7 Apr 2023 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Veritas
Published
March 2021

What changed

  1. CISA’s KEV entry now notes known ransomware use CISA
  2. CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2021-27876 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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