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CVE-2017-6404

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7. There are world-writable log files, allowing destruction or spoofing of log data.

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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  "id": "CVE-2017-6404",
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