Veritas Enterprise Vault EVTaskGuardian Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Veritas Enterprise Vault. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within EVTaskGuardian.exe. 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 Enterprise Vault Task Controller Service.
Additional Details
Veritas has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-003
Disclosure Timeline
- 2021-08-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2021-12-23 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
Markus Wulftange (@mwulftange)
