CVE-2005-1009
Multiple buffer overflows in BakBone NetVault 6.x and 7.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified computer…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 57.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in BakBone NetVault 6.x and 7.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified computer name and length that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, or (2) local users to execute arbitrary code via a long Name entry in the configure.cfg file.
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 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- BakBone NetVault Remote Heap Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/bakbone_netvault_heapRank averagedisclosed 1 Apr 2005
Exploit-DB4 entries
- BakBone NetVault - Remote Heap Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16448remote, windowspublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- BakBone NetVault 6.x/7.x - Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 990remote, windowspublished 17 May 2005Verified
- BakBone NetVault 6.x/7.x - Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 905local, windowspublished 1 Apr 2005Verified
- BakBone NetVault 6.x/7.x - Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 906remote, windowspublished 1 Apr 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
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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)
- 57.0% · top 0.9% 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
9
- http://www.class101.org/netv-remhbof.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 14814 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000165.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050401 [Hat-Squad Advisory] Bakbone NetVault Heap overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1013625 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000164.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.class101.org/netv-locsbof.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 12967 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- netvault-configurecfg-bo(19932) (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-2005-1012 (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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