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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-8895 in the critical feed json

In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulne…

published 2017-05-10 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17835

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
71.0%
EPSS 71.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160, and 16 before FP1, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in multiple agents that can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to crash the agent or potentially take control of the agent process and then the system it is running on.

Patch / fix

  • veritas backup_exec 14.1.1786.1126, 14.2.1180.3160, 16.0.1142.1327

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/backupexec/ssl_uaf)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

71.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.