CVE-2024-52945

Privilege escalation via uncontrolled DLL search path

Published Nov 18, 2024 · Updated Nov 19, 2024

Uncontrolled DLL loading in Veritas NetBackup before 10.5 allows local users to execute code in another user's security context. The Windows command path can resolve a malicious library from an attacker-writable root-drive location instead of restricting DLL lookup to a trusted directory. Exploitation requires write access to the drive where NetBackup is installed and a user to run a specific command, after which the library runs with that user's privileges.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.23%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled DLL loading in Veritas NetBackup before 10.5 allows local users to execute code in another user's security context. The Windows command path can resolve a malicious library from an attacker-writable root-drive location instead of restricting DLL lookup to a trusted directory. Exploitation requires write access to the drive where NetBackup is installed and a user to run a specific command, after which the library runs with that user's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-52945
Published
Nov 18, 2024
Updated
Nov 19, 2024
Vendor
Veritas Technologies LLC
Product
NetBackup
Classifications
CWE-427, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 18, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 19, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <10.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Veritas Technologies LLC · NetBackupversion=0 <10.5

Published CVSS scores

7.8Veritas Technologies LLCCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
T1574.001DLL Search Order Hijacking

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