CVE-2017-8895

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.

CVSS v3.0

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

71.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2017-05-10

Updated

2024-08-05

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/backupexec/ssl_uaf.rb

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-8894
• CVE-2017-8912
• CVE-2017-8893
• CVE-2017-8917
• CVE-2017-8892
• CVE-2017-8918