THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-6379
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6379

Brightstor Arcserve Backup vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
20.9%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the BrightStor Backup Discovery Service in multiple CA products, including ARCserve Backup r11.5 SP1 and earlier, ARCserve Backup 9.01 up to 11.1, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA Server Protection Suite r2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Broadcom
Affected product
Brightstor Arcserve Backup
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-12-10

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 20.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-6379

  • Confirm whether Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6379.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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