Short Name |
APP:VERITAS:REG-WRITE |
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Severity |
High |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
Veritas Backup Agent Registry Access Exploit |
Release Date |
2005/07/03 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Veritas Backup Agent software. Attackers can send a malformed DCERPC request to a backup server and gain read/write access to the target server's registry.
VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers is prone to an access validation vulnerability. The issue may be leveraged by a remote attacker to gain 'Administrator' access to the vulnerable computer's registry. This access may be further leveraged to gain unfettered access to the target computer.