CVE-2022-42308
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-42308- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-45383- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r7pj-cg3h-wv87
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An...
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.
- Record
GHSA-r7pj-cg3h-wv87- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-42308- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- 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-2022-42308 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Veritas Netbackup, published October 3, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.