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CVE-2017-6401

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance before 3.0. Local arbitrary command execution can occur when using bpcd and bpnbat.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Veritas — NetbackupVeritas — Netbackup Appliance

CWEs

References

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:22:16.580",
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