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CVE-2005-2715

70
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2715 is a critical format string vulnerability in the bpjava-msvc daemon of VERITAS NetBackup Data and Business Center 4.5FP/MP and NetBackup Enterprise/Server/Client 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted COMMAND_LOGON_TO_MSERVER command. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB for various operating systems, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5fpCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:netbackup_data_and_business_center:4.5fp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5mpCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:netbackup_data_and_business_center:4.5mp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:netbackup_enterprise_server_client:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:netbackup_enterprise_server_client:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:netbackup_enterprise_server_client:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
60.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1263 · Oct 20, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6036 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

secunia.com / advisories/17181
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
seer.support.veritas.com / docs/279085.htm
Patch
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/495556
PatchUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/15079
ExploitPatch
symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.12.html
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-05-001.html
Vendor Advisory