CVE-2007-5005
Directory traversal vulnerability in rxRPC.dll in CA (Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.0…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in rxRPC.dll in CA (Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.0 through r11.5 allows remote attackers to upload and overwrite arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequence in the destination filename argument to sub-function 8 in the rxrReceiveFileFromServer command.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% 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
- 24348 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25606 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=156006 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=35676 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070921 [CAID 35673, 35674, 35675, 35676, 35677]: CA ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops Multiple Server Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/sams/lifeguard/infodocs/caarcservebld-securitynotice.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070920 Multiple Vulnerabilities in CA ARCserve for Laptops & Desktops (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYEx_transferred
- 1018728 (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-2007-4986 (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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