CVE-2024-33671 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2024-33671?

CVE-2024-33671 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391. The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.

Weakness: CWE-73

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33671?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Veritas Backup Exec.

How do I fix CVE-2024-33671?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33671 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-33671 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33671 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-27878 Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-27877 Veritas Backup Exec Agent Improper Authentication Exploited High 8.2
• CVE-2021-27876 Veritas Backup Exec Agent File Access Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2017-8895 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-36167 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-749f-97mp-r5j9.