CVE-2022-42308 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An attacker with local access can delete arbitrary files by leveraging a path traversal in the pbx_exchange registration code.

Published: 2022-10-03

Score: 9 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45383	An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An attacker with local access can delete arbitrary files by leveraging a path traversal in the pbx_exchange registration code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00201.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-010#C1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-03T14:48:07.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.963Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42308

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-03T15:15:22.600

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:04:41.213

Link: CVE-2022-42308

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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