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CVE-2021-27877

Published: Mar 1, 2021Modified: Nov 3, 2025CISA KEV

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9.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these. This authentication scheme is no longer used in current versions of the product, but hadn't yet been disabled. An attacker could remotely exploit this scheme to gain unauthorized access to an Agent and execute privileged commands.

Affected (1)

Products: Veritas: Backup Exec
1 product
Backup Exec
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 21.2

References (5)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

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