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CVE-2005-1018
Buffer overflow in the UniversalAgent for Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup allows remote authenticated users to cause a…
High7.5EPSS 51.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the UniversalAgent for Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via an agent request to TCP port 6050 with a large argument before the option field.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 51.8% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20050414 Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup and BrightStor Enterprise Backup UniversalAgent buffer overflow vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 13102 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050217 RE: BrightStor ARCserve Backup buffer overflow PoC (fixes available) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20050411 Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup UniversalAgent Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
Sources
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