Command injection in NetBackup Appliance - CVE-2018-18652
Published: October 26, 2018 / Updated: October 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15582
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18652
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Veritas Technologies
Affected software:
NetBackup Appliance
NetBackup Appliance
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote administrative attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtering of user provided input. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted input to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18652
Update to version 3.1.2.