CVE-2024-33672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 10.4. The Multi-Threaded Agent used in NetBackup can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.

Published: 2024-04-26

Score: 7.7 High

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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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-2024-31384	An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 10.4. The Multi-Threaded Agent used in NetBackup can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

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 0.00168.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS24-001

History

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup::::::::

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:36:04.596Z

Reserved: 2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-33672

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:36:04.596Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-26T02:15:06.607

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:32:12.833

Link: CVE-2024-33672

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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