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CVE-2007-0169

74
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0169 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Enterprise Backup, and Business Protection Suite versions. These flaws, specifically in the Message Engine and Tape Engine RPC services, allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted RPC requests. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist, including a Metasploit module, indicating readily available exploit code; however, there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:business_protection_suite:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
68.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: CA BrightStor ARCserve Message Engine Buffer Overflow · Jan 11, 2007
ExploitDB: EDB-16418 · Apr 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6881 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 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

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
osvdb.org / 31327
secunia.com / advisories/23648
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31433
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31443
supportconnectw.ca.com / public/storage/infodocs/babimpsec-notice.asp
Patch
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/151032
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/180336
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456618/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456619/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456711
securityfocus.com / bid/22005
securityfocus.com / bid/22006
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0154
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-07-003.html
Exploit
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-07-004.html
Exploit