CVE-2016-7399
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-77
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.