8.4

CVE-2022-36955: veritas netbackup

CVSS: 8.4v3.1HighModified
Published 27-07-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-36955 is a high (CVSS 8.4) vulnerability in veritas netbackup. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
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. 27-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Veritas NetBackup, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges. This affects 8.0 through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3 through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Veritas1 product
  • netbackup≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.1.2 | ≥ 8.3.0.0, ≤ 8.3.0.2 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 9.1.0.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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