CVE-2005-0491
Stack-based buffer overflow in Knox Arkeia Server Backup 5.3.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long type 77 request.
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 64.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 7Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Knox Arkeia Server Backup 5.3.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long type 77 request.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 5 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Arkeia Backup Client Type 77 Overflow (Mac OS X) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/osx/arkeia/type77Rank averagedisclosed 18 Feb 2005
- Arkeia Backup Client Type 77 Overflow (Win32) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/arkeia/type77Rank gooddisclosed 18 Feb 2005
Exploit-DB5 entries
- Knox Arkeia Backup Client Type 77 (Windows x86) - Remote Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16466remote, windows_x86published 9 May 2010Verified
- Knox Arkeia Backup Client Type 77 (OSX) - Remote Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16865remote, osxpublished 9 May 2010Verified
- Knox Arkeia Server Backup 5.3.x - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 828remote, multiplepublished 18 Feb 2005Verified
- Knox Arkeia Backup Client 5.3.3 Type 77 (OSX) - Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9930remote, osxpublished 18 Feb 2005Verified
- Knox Arkeia Pro 5.1.12 - Backup Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 102remote, linuxpublished 20 Sept 2003Verified
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
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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)
- 64.9% · top 0.7% 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
4
- 14327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12594 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050218 Knox Arkeia remote root/system exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- arkeia-backup-client-bo(19398) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2005-0492 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0491)Record last updated .