Veritas Backup Exec Server Remote Registry Access Vulnerability

BID:14020

Info

Veritas Backup Exec Server Remote Registry Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14020
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0771
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 04:06PM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Pedram Amini, iDEFENSE Labs.
Vulnerable: Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 10.0 rev. 5484
Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 9.1 rev. 4691
Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 9.0 rev. 4454
Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 9.0 rev. 4367
Not Vulnerable: Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 10.0 rev. 5520

Discussion

Veritas Backup Exec Server Remote Registry Access Vulnerability

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.

Exploit / POC

Veritas Backup Exec Server Remote Registry Access Vulnerability

An exploit (backupexec_registry.pm) as part of the Metasploit Framework has been released.

Solution / Fix

Veritas Backup Exec Server Remote Registry Access Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory (VX05-003) and fixes to address this issue:


Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 10.0 rev. 5484

Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 9.0 rev. 4367

Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 9.0 rev. 4454

Veritas Software Backup Exec for Windows Servers 9.1 rev. 4691

References

Veritas Backup Exec Server Remote Registry Access Vulnerability

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