CVE-2005-2611
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…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 87.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
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 an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Veritas Backup Exec Windows Remote File Access (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/admin/backupexec/dumpRank normal
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Veritas Backup Exec (Windows) - Remote File Access (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1147remote, windowspublished 11 Aug 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)
- 87.0% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (11 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
References8
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2612 (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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