CVE-2017-14355

high

Published 2017-12-05 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Connected Backup versions 8.6 and 8.8.6. The vulnerability could be exploited locally to allow escalation of privilege.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43857 local windows verified

Peter Lapp · 2018-01-23

HP Connected Backup 8.6/8.8.6 - Local Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
microfocus	connected_backup	`8.6`
microfocus	connected_backup	`8.8.6`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.