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01 Record

CVE-2020-36160

An issue was discovered in Veritas System Recovery before 21.2. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library from \usr\local\ssl. This library attempts to load the from \usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N

02 Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas System Recovery before 21.2. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library from \usr\local\ssl. This library attempts to load the from \usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 38.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-01-06 00:53Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 17:23Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-06
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
326d51b04c63e4764baf2862f7cc58c1cdd1b015005570313b4c85ef2d0bacfa

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
microsoftwindowsNot specified—
veritassystem_recoveryNot specified—

06 References