APP: Symantec Veritas NetBackup bpcd.exe Arbitrary Command Execution

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Symantec Veritas NetBackup. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary command execution.

Extended Description

NetBackup is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including two buffer-overflow issues and a privilege-escalation issue. A remote attacker may exploit these issues to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges or to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable computer to gain unauthorized access in the context of the vulnerable application. These vulnerabilities affect all builds and platforms of NetBackup Enterprise Server and client/NetBackup Server and client versions 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0.

Affected Products

Veritas_software netbackup_enterprise_server

Short Name
APP:SYMC:NETBACKUP-CMD-EXEC
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
Arbitrary CVE-2006-4902 Command Execution NetBackup Symantec Veritas bid:21565 bpcd.exe
Release Date
10/31/2012
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3339
Port
tcp/13782
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Veritas_software

CVSS Score

10.0

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