Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent 14.1.x < 14.1.1786.1126 / 14.2.x < 14.2.1180.3160 / 16.0.x < 16.0.1142.1327 Use-after-free RCE (VTS17-006)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101294

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Synopsis

A remote data protection agent installed on the remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of Vertias Backup Exec Remote Agent installed on the remote Windows host is 14.1.x prior to 14.1.1786.1126, 14.2.x prior to 14.2.1180.3160, or 16.0.x prior to 16.0.1142.1327. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to a use-after-free error that is triggered when creating SSL/TLS wrapped NDMP sessions. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with SYSTEM level privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent version 14.1.1786.1126 / 14.2.1180.3160 / 16.0.1142.1327, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101294

File Name: veritas_backup_exec_remote_agent_VTS17-006.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/7/2017

Updated: 3/12/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Veritas/Symantec Backup Exec SSL NDMP Connection Use-After-Free)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8895

BID: 98386

IAVA: 2017-A-0197-S

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