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CVE-2021-27876

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CVE-2021-27876

Published: Mar 1, 2021

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. However, due to a vulnerability in the SHA Authentication scheme, an attacker is able to gain unauthorized access and complete the authentication process. Subsequently, the client can execute data management protocol commands on the authenticated connection. By using crafted input parameters in one of these commands, an attacker can access an arbitrary file on the system using System privileges.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Availability

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Privileges Required

Low

Scope

Unchanged

User Interaction

None

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