Root privilege escalation via undisclosed shell commands
Published Dec 4, 2022 · Updated Apr 24, 2025
Privilege escalation in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale 3.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain root access via specific commands. The vendor identifies the locus only as the product shell and does not disclose the commands or the privilege-handling operation that accepts them. A non-root account is required, and successful exploitation grants full root privileges on the appliance.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale 3.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain root access via specific commands. The vendor identifies the locus only as the product shell and does not disclose the commands or the privilege-handling operation that accepts them. A non-root account is required, and successful exploitation grants full root privileges on the appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-46410
- Published
- Dec 4, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 4, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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