VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media…

Description

VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Server Option 4.5 through 5.1 uses a static password during authentication from the NDMP agent to the server, which allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files with the backup server.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

87.0% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• TA05-224A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 14551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 16403 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• VU#378957 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• ADV-2005-1387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• backupexec-ndmp-gain-access(21793) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.08.12b.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1014662 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2005-2611](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2005-2611.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2005-2611)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 22:30 UTC.