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01 Record

CVE-2020-36163

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup and OpsCenter through 8.3.0.1. NetBackup processes using Strawberry Perl attempt to load and execute libraries from paths that do not exist by default on

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 NetBackup and OpsCenter through 8.3.0.1. NetBackup processes using Strawberry Perl attempt to load and execute libraries from paths that do not exist by default on

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
0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 35.2% 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 00:52Z5 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
ff4b3284224e6c08b9a637c67441c0b9353f2e99f281b0d955716437c0638bc3

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
microsoftwindowsNot specified—
veritasnetbackupNot specified—
veritasopscenterNot specified—

06 References