CVE-2017-6409
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Unauthenticated CORBA interfaces permit inappropriate access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Unauthenticated CORBA interfaces permit inappropriate access.
- Record
CVE-2017-6409- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Unauthenticated CORBA interfaces permit inappropriate access.
- Record
CVE-2017-6409- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15466 No score
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Unauthenticated CORBA interfaces permit inappropriate access.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15466- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-frmg-g5w8-7h53
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Unauthenticated CORBA interfaces permit inappropriate access.
- Record
GHSA-frmg-g5w8-7h53- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6409 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Veritas Netbackup, published March 2, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.36%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.