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CVE-2022-46410: veritas netbackup_flex_scale_appliance Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
Published 04-12-2022Last modified 24-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-46410 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in veritas netbackup_flex_scale_appliance. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0. An attacker with non-root privileges may escalate privileges to root by using specific commands.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.58% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

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