# CVE-2024-33673: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Improper access controls in Veritas Backup Exec allow DLL hijacking, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q447-8rfw-f6hh

## What is CVE-2024-33673?

CVE-2024-33673 is a high-severity 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. Improper access controls allow for DLL Hijacking in the Windows DLL Search path.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33673?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Veritas Backup Exec.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-33673?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33673 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-33673 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-27878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27878/): Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-27877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27877/): Veritas Backup Exec Agent Improper Authentication (high 8.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-27876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27876/): Veritas Backup Exec Agent File Access (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-8895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8895/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-36167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36167/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33673 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-33673 is a high-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33673/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33673/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33673
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33673
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33673

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33673/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.