CVE-2005-3116

Netbackup vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

27.6%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in a shared library as used by the Volume Manager daemon (vmd) in VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0 MP1 to MP5 and 5.1 up to MP3A allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

Affected vendor

Symantec Veritas

Affected product

Netbackup

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2005-11-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 27.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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