CriticalCVECISA — Known Exploited Vulnerabilities· 7 Apr 2023

CVE-2021-27878 — Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution Vulnerability

Severity: Critical · Kind: Vulnerability

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Veritas Backup Exec Agent. Veritas Backup Exec (BE) Agent contains a command execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a data management protocol command to execute a command on the BE Agent machine. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability facts

CVE: CVE-2021-27878
On CISA KEV since: 2023-04-07
Ransomware use: Known

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