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CVE-2006-5142
Stack-based buffer overflow in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.5 client and server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 13.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.5 client and server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long messages to the CheyenneDS Mailslot.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.8% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- ca-brightstor-discovery-mailslot-bo(29365) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-12.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34694 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061005 TSRT-06-12: CA BrightStor Discovery Service Mailslot Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/blogs/posting.aspx?pid=93775&id=90744 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/blogs/posting.aspx?pid=94397&id=90744 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22283 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/basbr-secnotice.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061006 [CAID 34693, 34694]: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-5127 (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-2006-5142)Record last updated .