Vulnerability · Published Jul 27, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-36955
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Veritas NetBackup, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges. This affects 8.0 through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3 through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.