CVE-2004-1172
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Agent Browser in Veritas Backup Exec 8.x before 8.60.3878 Hotfix 68, and 9.x before 9.1.4691 Hotfix 40,…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 81.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Agent Browser in Veritas Backup Exec 8.x before 8.60.3878 Hotfix 68, and 9.x before 9.1.4691 Hotfix 40, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a registration request with a long hostname.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Veritas Backup Exec Name Service Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/backupexec/name_serviceRank averagedisclosed 16 Dec 2004
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Veritas Backup Exec Name Service - Remote Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16331remote, windowspublished 22 Jun 2010Verified
- Veritas Backup Exec Agent 8.x/9.x - Browser Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 750remote, windowspublished 11 Jan 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 81.8% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273419.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050111.101_BXEC.cpp.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 11974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273850.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#907729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273422.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 13495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- netbackup-agent-browser-bo(18506) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273420.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20041216 Veritas Backup Exec Agent Browser Registration Request Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1170 (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)
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