CVE-2006-6379 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the BrightStor Backup Discovery Service across several CA products, including ARCserve Backup and Enterprise Backup. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and its high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 indicates significant potential for exploitation. Despite its age, the vulnerability's severity and ease of exploitation warrant attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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