CVE-2017-8859
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary...
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.
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
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.
- Record
CVE-2017-8859- 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
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.
- Record
CVE-2017-8859- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17801 No score
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17801- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jhjc-gw7c-rh3x
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary...
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root.
- Record
GHSA-jhjc-gw7c-rh3x- 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 - 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-2017-8859 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Veritas Netbackup Appliance, published May 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.56%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.