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CVE-2007-0168
The Tape Engine service in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 9.01 through 11.5, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA…
High7.5EPSS 20.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Tape Engine service in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 9.01 through 11.5, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA Server/Business Protection Suite r2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain data in opnum 0xBF in an RPC request, which is directly executed.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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)
- 20.4% · top 2.5% 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.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babimpsec-notice.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://livesploit.com/advisories/LS-20061002.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22010 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- brightstor-tapeengine-code-execution(31442) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1017506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
- 20070111 LS-20061002 - Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#662400 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20070111 ZDI-07-002: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.lssec.com/advisories/LS-20061002.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23648 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- 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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