Advisory Details

December 11th, 2024

Veritas Enterprise Vault Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-24-1663
ZDI-CAN-24405

CVE ID CVE-2024-53915
CVSS SCORE 8.0, AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Veritas
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Enterprise Vault
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Veritas Enterprise Vault. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the EVFileSvrArcMngr service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Veritas has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS24-014
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2024-07-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2024-12-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2024-12-11 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of Summoning Team (@SummoningTeam)
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