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CVE-2021-27878 — Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2021-27878

CVE-2021-27878: Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project Veritas
Product Backup Exec Agent
Date added 2023-04-07
Due date 2023-04-28
Ransomware campaign use Known

Description

Veritas Backup Exec (BE) Agent contains a command execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a data management protocol command to execute a command on the BE Agent machine.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS21-001; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27878

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27878
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog