CVE-2011-0546 describes a critical vulnerability in Symantec Backup Exec versions 11.0, 12.0, 12.5, 13.0, and 13.0 R2. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute NDMP commands due to insufficient validation of identity information exchanged between the media server and remote agents. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring authentication and a high attack complexity, but only local network access. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-17517) is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backup_exec:13.0:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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