Veritas NetBackup prior to 10.0 Privilege Escalation (VTS23-006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175434

Synopsis

A back-up management application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Veritas NetBackup application installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 10.0 or is missing a vendor-supplied security hotfix. It is, therefore, affected by privilege escalation vulnerability. An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 10.0. A vulnerability in the way NetBackup validates the path to a DLL prior to loading may allow a lower level user to elevate privileges and compromise the system.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version

Solution

Upgrade to Veritas NetBackup version 10.0 or later or apply the appropriate EEB or hotfix.

See Also

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS23-006

http://www.nessus.org/u?77f64edb

http://www.nessus.org/u?dcbf9da1

http://www.nessus.org/u?2e9e0740

http://www.nessus.org/u?8d1058ca

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175434

File Name: veritas_netbackup_VTS23-006.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/12/2023

Updated: 5/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28759

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:veritas:netbackup

Required KB Items: installed_sw/NetBackup

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28759

IAVA: 2023-A-0181-S