CVE-2007-5082
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) before r11.6 allow remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 63.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) before r11.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified CsAgent service commands with certain opcodes, related to missing validation of a length parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- CA BrightStor HSM Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/brightstor/hsmserverRank greatdisclosed 27 Sept 2007
Exploit-DB2 entries
- CA BrightStor - HSM Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16402remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- CA BrightStor HSM r11.5 - Remote Stack Overflow / Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4569dos, windowspublished 27 Oct 2007Verified
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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 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)
- 63.5% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (9 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
10
- ca-brightstor-csagent-bo(36825) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070927 Computer Associates BrightStor HSM r11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 20070927 [CAID 35690, 35691, 35692]: CA BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager CsAgent Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-07-16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=35690 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/bstorhsm/infodocs/bstorhsm-secnot.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1018747 (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-2007-5063 (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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