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CVE-2006-0989

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0989 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the volume manager daemon (vmd) of Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server versions 5.0 through 6.0, and DataCenter and BusinesServer 4.5FP and 4.5MP. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.0. Despite its high severity and potential for remote code execution, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:4.5.0:fp:businessserver:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:4.5.0:fp:datacenter:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:4.5.0:mp:businessserver:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:4.5.0:mp:datacenter:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:5.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0793 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

securityreason.com / securityalert/639
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2006.03.27.html
securitytracker.com / id
seer.support.veritas.com / docs/281521.htm
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25471
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/880801
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 24172
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428944/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17264
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1124
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-005.html