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CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
64.91%
Published
Mar 1, 2021
Modified
Nov 3, 2025
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2023-04-07 · Due: 2023-04-28
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Public PoC / Exploit (2)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these. This authentication scheme is no longer used in current versions of the product, but hadn't yet been disabled. An attacker could remotely exploit this scheme to gain unauthorized access to an Agent and execute privileged commands.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NAffected Products (1)
References (5)