Is CVE-2024-52945 being actively exploited?

CVE-2024-52945 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-52945?

CVE-2024-52945 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2024-52945

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 10.5. This only applies to NetBackup components running on a Windows Operating System. If a user executes specific NetBackup commands or an attacker uses social engineering techniques to impel the user to execute the commands, a malicious DLL could be loaded, resulting in execution of the attacker's code in the user's security context.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 0.2% (13th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2024-45979)
Published: November 18, 2024
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-45979 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on November 19, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

veritas / netbackup

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Veritas NetBackup v9.1.0.1 - Veritas Technologies - Common Criteria OCSI/CERT/CCL/01/2022/RC - active

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS24-012(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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