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Description

Veritas NetBackup 7.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the NetBackup INET Daemon service that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\bpinetd.exe to inject malicious code that would execute with elevated LocalSystem privileges.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-28 | Published 2026-02-01 | Updated 2026-02-02 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Unquoted Search Path or Element

Product status

7.0
affected

Credits

Alan Mondragon "El Masas" finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48227 (ExploitDB-48227) exploit

www.veritas.com/ (Veritas Official Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...ackup-inet-daemon-unquoted-service-path (VulnCheck Advisory: NetBackup 7.0 - 'NetBackup INET Daemon' Unquoted Service Path) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-37045)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-37045)

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