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CVE-2007-3509
Heap-based buffer overflow in the RPC subsystem in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 10.0, 10d, and 11d allows remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the RPC subsystem in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 10.0, 10d, and 11d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted ncacn_ip_tcp requests.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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)
- 6.9% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (11 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
References9
- 20070711 Symantec Backup Exec RPC Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2505 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1018366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 36111 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- symantec-backupexec-rpc-bo(35340) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.07.11a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#213697 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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-2007-3493 (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-2007-3509)Record last updated .