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CVE-2006-0991

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0991 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NetBackup Sharepoint Services server daemon (bpspsserver) within NetBackup 6.0 for Windows. This flaw allows authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted "Request Service" packets to the vnetd service on TCP port 13724. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring authentication and having high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1097 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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

secunia.com / advisories/19417
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2006.03.27.html
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
seer.support.veritas.com / docs/281521.htm
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25473
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/377441
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428979/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17264
tippingpoint.com / security/advisories/TSRT-06-01.html
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1124