# CVE-2024-52945: Code injection in n/a

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code via malicious DLL loading when users run specific NetBackup commands on Windows systems.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:R`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2024-54664, GHSA-hcpj-7xxx-7pm4

## What is CVE-2024-52945?

CVE-2024-52945 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, published on 18 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 10.5. This only applies to NetBackup components running on a Windows Operating System. If a user executes specific NetBackup commands or an attacker uses social engineering techniques to impel the user to execute the commands, a malicious DLL could be loaded, resulting in execution of the attacker's code in the user's security context.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52945?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Veritas Netbackup.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Veritas Netbackup

- [CVE-2022-36954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36954/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-28222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28222/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-36950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36950/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-36951](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36951/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8856/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52945 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52945 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, published on 18 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Veritas Netbackup. 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-2024-52945/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52945/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52945
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52945
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52945

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52945/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.