CVE-2021-27877 - Veritas Backup Exec Agent
AI Vulnerability ContextAn 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.
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CISA KEVHIGH
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-27877
- Vendor/project
- Veritas
- Product
- Backup Exec Agent
- Vulnerability name
- Veritas Backup Exec Agent Improper Authentication Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2023-04-07
- Due date
- 2023-04-28
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Known
- CVSS v3
- 8.2
CWE-287
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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27877CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168506/Veritas-Backup-Exec-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-001#issue1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-27877