CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-7399
scripts/license.pl in Veritas NetBackup Appliance 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4, 2.6.1.x through 2.6.1.2, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.0.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the hostName parameter to appliancews/getLicense.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-77
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- veritas:netbackup_appliance_firmware
References
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/2016/veritas-netbackup-appliance-unauthenticated-remote-command-execution
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94384
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037555
- https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS16-002.html
- https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000116055