Signature Detail

APP: Veritas Command Chain

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Symantec VERITAS NetBackup products. Attackers can chain commands in the request 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 application.

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_client 5.0.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_client 5.1.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_client 6.0.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_enterprise_server 5.0.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_enterprise_server 5.1.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_enterprise_server 6.0.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_server 5.0.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_server 5.1.0
• Veritas_software netbackup_server 6.0.0

References

• BugTraq: 21565
• CVE: CVE-2006-4092
• URL: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.12.13a.html