vulnerability
Veritas Backup Exec Agent: CVE-2021-27877: Remote Code Execution
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 1, 2021 | Apr 14, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 1, 2021
Added
Apr 14, 2025
Modified
Apr 15, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
veritas-backup-exec-agent-upgrade-latest
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