CVE-2006-6076
Buffer overflow in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) in CA (formerly Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5 and earlier allows…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 72.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) in CA (formerly Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to TCP port 6502.
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 an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules2 modules
- CA BrightStor ARCserve Tape Engine 0x8A Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/brightstor/tape_engine_0x8aRank averagedisclosed 4 Oct 2010
- CA BrightStor ARCserve Tape Engine Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/brightstor/tape_engineRank averagedisclosed 21 Nov 2006
Exploit-DB1 entry
- CA BrightStor ARCserve - Tape Engine Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16407remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
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
- 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 72.3% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (10 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
15
- 21221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061122 RE: LS-20061113 - CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- cabrightstorarcserve-tapeeng-bo(30453) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 24512 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061122 LS-20061113 - CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34817 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070111 [CAID 34955, 34956, 34957, 34958, 34959, 34817]: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Multiple Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23060 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=101317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061121 LS-20061113 - CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20061121 LS-20061113 - CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#437300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babtapeng-securitynotice.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2006-6059 (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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