CVE-2017-8895

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    CVE-2017-8895

    Published: 10 May 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98386, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038561, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42282/, https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-006.html#Issue1

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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