CVE-2017-17418

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-17418 · Published 08/02/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-17418 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting netvault backup (quest).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
netvault backup quest	`= 11.3.0.12`	No fix yet

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup 11.3.0.12. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of NVBUPolicy Get method requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the underlying database. Was ZDI-CAN-4229.

References

zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-983 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

netvault backup

quest

= 11.3.0.12

No fix yet

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