CVE-2022-45461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Java Admin Console in Veritas NetBackup through 10.1 and related Veritas products on Linux and UNIX allows authenticated non-root users (that have been explicitly added to the auth.conf file) to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Published: 2022-11-17

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opengroup:unix:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48329	The Java Admin Console in Veritas NetBackup through 10.1 and related Veritas products on Linux and UNIX allows authenticated non-root users (that have been explicitly added to the auth.conf file) to execute arbitrary commands as root.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01463.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-015

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

Opengroup Unix

Veritas Netbackup

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T13:54:22.295Z

Reserved: 2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45461

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:17:03.549Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T08:15:09.157

Modified: 2025-04-29T14:15:27.357

Link: CVE-2022-45461

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-78

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