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CVE-2006-6076

80
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6076 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) of CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup versions 11.5 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted RPC requests to TCP port 6502. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of recent community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
70.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: CA BrightStor ARCserve Tape Engine 0x8A Buffer Overflow · Oct 4, 2010
ExploitDB: EDB-16407 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7022 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050808.html
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050814.html
secunia.com / advisories/23060
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24512
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30453
supportconnectw.ca.com / public/storage/infodocs/babtapeng-securitynotice.asp
www3.ca.com / securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx
www3.ca.com / securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/437300
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/452222/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/452318/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456711
securityfocus.com / bid/21221
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4654