CVE-2021-27877
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- Mar 1, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 1, 2021
Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these. This authentication scheme is no longer used in current versions of the product, but hadn't yet been disabled. An attacker could remotely exploit this scheme to gain unauthorized access to an Agent and execute privileged commands.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N | mitre |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
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