5.9

CVE-2015-6551: veritas netbackup

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
Published 07-05-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-6551 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in veritas netbackup. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Veritas NetBackup 7.x through 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.x through 7.6.0.4 and NetBackup Appliance through 2.5.4 and 2.6.0.x through 2.6.0.4 do not use TLS for administration-console traffic to the NBU server, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network for key-exchange packets.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Veritas2 products
  • netbackup7.0 | 7.0.1 | 7.1.0.1 | 7.1.0.2 | 7.1.0.3 | 7.1.0.4 | 7.5.0.1 | 7.5.0.3 | 7.5.0.4 | 7.5.0.5 | 7.5.0.6 | 7.5.0.7 | 7.6.0.2 | 7.6.0.3 | 7.6.0.4 | 7.6.1.1 | 7.6.1.2 | 7.7.1
  • netbackup_appliance1.1.0.1 | 1.1.0.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.6 | 2.6.0.2 | 2.6.0.3 | 2.6.0.4 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.1.1 | 2.6.1.2 | 2.7.1

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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