CVE-2022-36955

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Published Jul 27, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Veritas NetBackup, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges. This affects 8.0 through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3 through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:8.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:9.1.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39612	In Veritas NetBackup, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges. This affects 8.0 through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3 through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.204% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-008#Issue2

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 27, 2022, 8:58 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:21 AM
Reserved: Jul 27, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:54 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 27, 2022, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:54 AM

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