CVE-2008-4397 describes a critical directory traversal vulnerability in the RPC interface (asdbapi.dll) of CA ARCserve Backup and related Broadcom products, affecting versions r11.1 through r12.0. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting “..” sequences into RPC calls with opnum 0x10A. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via a Metasploit module, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
r12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:arcserve_backup:r12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:business_protection_suite:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:server_protection_suite:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:arcserve_backup:r11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:arcserve_backup:r11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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