CVE-2021-27877: Veritas Backup Exec - Broken Authentication
Veritas · Backup Exec Agent
Affected: Veritas Backup Exec Agent · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 7 Apr 2023
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
ExploitationIn CISA KEV
- In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue7 Apr 2023
- Exploited (reported): not seen
- Scanning observed: not seen
- Proof of concept public: not seen
- Not established: not seen
Higher than 99% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these. This authentication scheme is no longer used in current versions of the product, but hadn't yet been disabled. An attacker could remotely exploit this scheme to gain unauthorized access to an Agent and execute privileged commands.
On the Atlas
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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
- Veritas Backup Exec - Broken Authentication · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
- Vendor
- Veritas
- Published
- March 2021
What changed
CoverageNo articles yet
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