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CVE-2007-4620

69
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4620 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CA Alert Notification Service (Alert.exe), affecting various CA products including Anti-Virus for the Enterprise and Threat Manager. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPC requests. With a CVSS score of 9.0, it is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, indicating readily available exploit code. Despite its severity and exploit availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:anti-virus_for_the_enterprise:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:anti-virus_for_the_enterprise:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:anti-virus_for_the_enterprise:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
52.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Computer Associates Alert Notification Buffer Overflow · Apr 4, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-16410 · Apr 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5227 is in the 98th 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

community.ca.com / blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/04/04/ca-alert-notification-server-multiple-vulnerabilities.aspx
labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
secunia.com / advisories/29665
securityreason.com / securityalert/3799
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41639
support.ca.com / irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490466/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28605
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1103/references