6.5

CVE-2022-41320: veritas system_recovery

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 23-09-2022Last modified 27-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-41320 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in veritas system_recovery. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.68%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21 store a network destination password in the Windows registry during configuration of the backup configuration. This vulnerability could provide a Windows user (who has sufficient privileges) to access a network file system that they were not authorized to access.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.08 pp

From 0.60% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

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

Veritas1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links