7.5

CVE-2022-42305: veritas netbackup Path Traversal

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 03-10-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-42305 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in veritas netbackup. EPSS estimates a 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.67%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to a Path traversal attack through the DiscoveryService service.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 0.61% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.67%

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