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TITLE:
VERITAS Backup Exec Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16403

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16403/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
VERITAS Backup Exec 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/459/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in VERITAS Backup Exec, which can
be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to a logic error in the remote agent
for Windows and makes it possible to download an arbitrary file from
a vulnerable system.

According to the vendor, the vulnerability affects versions 8.0, 8.5,
and 8.6 for Windows.

NOTE: An exploit is publicly available.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends restricting access to the service (port
10000/tcp).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by anonymous person.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/14551.html

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