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CVE-2022-45461

Published: Nov 17, 2022Updated: Apr 29, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-78
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 49.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Java Admin Console in Veritas NetBackup through 10.1 and related Veritas products on Linux and UNIX allows authenticated non-root users (that have been explicitly added to the auth.conf file) to execute arbitrary commands as root.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

n/an/a
NetBackupVeritas Technologies LLC
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
NetBackup ApplianceVeritas Technologies LLC
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
netbackupveritas
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
veritas technologies llccommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka veritas, veritas tech
veritascommercialUSCloud & SaaS

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-015
veritas.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45461
nvd.nist.gov

Timeline

Published
Nov 17, 2022
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2025

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