Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.5 included code that bypassed the normal login process when specific authentication credentials were provided to the server. An unauthenticated user could login to the application and gain access to the data and functionality accessible to the targeted user account.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27157
Reference (s):
- https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-006#issue2